173 BNP men including Gayeshwar, Rizvi exempted 

A Dhaka court has exempted 173 leaders and activists of BNP including its Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Senior Joint Secretary General Adv Ruhul Kabir Rizvi from the charges of subversion in a case filed with Ramna Police Station.

Judge Shihabul Islam of Dhaka Special Tribunal-16 passed the order on Wednesday (January 8).

Lawyer of the accused Mohiuddin Chowdhury informed this.

The other prominent accused in the case are BNP Vice-chairman Advocate Joynul Abedin, Health Affairs Secretary Dr Md Rafikul Islam, Law Affairs Secretary Barrister Kaiser Kamal, Organising Secretary Shama Obayed and Joint General Secretary Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel. The BNP men gathered in the city's Paribagh area to greet their leader. They, however, engaged in a scuffle with the police then. Later, police filed the case.

According to the case documents, BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia went to a makeshift court raised at old central jail in the capital's Nazimuddin Road on January 30, 2018. 

Sub Inspector Md Mohibullah filed the case on the day.