Fakhrul’s bail hearing in 9 cases Tuesday

Hearing on the bail petition of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in nine separate cases filed against him with Ramna and Paltan Police Stations is set to be held tomorrow, Tuesday (January 9).

The hearing will be held in the court of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim Chowdhury.

On December 31, Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim Chowdhury set the date for Fakhrul’s hearing hours after his lawyer Syed Zainul Abedin Mesbah filed a petition.

Earlier, the High Court ordered the chief metropolitan magistrate of Dhaka to accept and dispose of the bail petitions of Mirza Fakhrul after hearing in the nine cases.

On October 29, police filed a case with Ramna Police Station on charges of vandalism and attack on the chief justice’s residence during a BNP rally on 28 October.

Apart from Mirza Fakhrul, 59 BNP leaders and activists, including standing committee member Mirza Abbas, were accused in the case.

Fakhrul was arrested in the case on October 29 and has been in jail since then.