Arson case
Arrest warrant against Khaleda
20-party meet today
UNB
A court in comilla yesterday issued warrants for the arrest of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and 45 other leaders and activists of the party in a case filed in connection with petrol bomb attack on a bus in Chouddagram upazila in 2015, reports UNB. Comilla District and Sessions Judge Jesmin Ara Begum passed the order after accepting the chargesheet in the case filed under the Explosive Substances Act. Earlier in the day, Mohammad Ibrahim, sub-inspector and also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the chargesheet against 78 people,including Khaleda Zia, in the case.
On February 3, 2015, eight people were killed when a group of miscreants hurled a petrol bomb on a bus at Jogmohanpur in Chouddagram upazila in the district during BNP-led alliances movement. Two separate cases-one under the Explosive Substances Act and a murder case were filed against 56 people, including Khaleda Zia.
Khaleda and five other top leaders of BNP were made accused in the cases as order givers. Our Staff Reporter adds: In the wake of issuance of a warrant for the arrest for Khaleda, senior leaders of the BNP-led 20-party alliance is going to sit in an emergency meeting today. The meeting will be held at 6:30pm with BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the chair.
Chairpersons media wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan confirmed that senior leaders of the 20-party alliance would attend the meeting. Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan, secretary general of Bangladesh NAP also said that they have been invited to join the meeting.
