The High Court has granted six-month bail to BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and party's Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas in a case lodged over clashes between police and BNP men in front of Nayapaltan BNP office on December 7.
A High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Salim and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan passed the order on Tuesday after holding a hearing on the matter.
Senior Advocate Zainul Abedin, aided by Barrister Kaiser Kamal, Advocates Kamrul Islam Sajal and Sagir Hossain Leon moved the bail plea before the court, while Deputy Attorney General ABM Golam Mostafa stood for the state, reports BSS.
One person was killed and several others, including policemen, were injured in the clash in front of BNP central office in Nayapaltan on December 7. Police filed the case against 473 leaders and activists of BNP and another 1,500- 2,000 unnamed people, with capital's Paltan Police Station.
Separate teams of detective branch (DB) of police arrested Fakhrul and Abbas from their respective homes on December 8 and showed them arrested in the case. Police brought charges of plotting to attack policemen and inciting violence against the law enforcers, against them.
