Arson attack on garbage truck: Fakhrul, Rizvi, Masud among 8 acquitted

A Dhaka court has acquitted eight people, including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Dhaka Metropolitan South Secretary Muhammad Shafiqul Islam Masud, from a case filed over arson attack and vandalism of a Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) garbage truck.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman acquitted them after hearing on Wednesday (October 2).

Among the other acquitted individuals are former Jubo Dal president Saiful Alam Nirab, BNP Information and Research Secretary Azizul Bari Helal, and BNP members Moazzem Hossain Babu, Kazi Rezaul Haque Babu, and Khandaker Enamul Haque Enam.

According to the case statement, some 200-250 BNP leaders and activists, led by Mirza Fakhrul and Rizvi, reportedly blocked Mintu Road at Paltan in the capital, wielding sticks, in December 9, 2012. During the protest, a DSCC garbage truck was vandalised and an explosion occurred.

The driver of the garbage truck Md Aynal filed the case as the complainant.

On October 23, 2017, DB Police Sub-Inspector Anwar Hossain Khan, also the investigating officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet in the court. Later, the court framed charges against the accused.