HELD WITH ARMS
Ctg BCL leader Rony gets bail
The High Court yesterday granted six months interim bail to Bangladesh Chhatra Leagues (BCL) Chittagong City unit General Secretary Nurul Azim Rony, who was arrested with firearms near a polling centre. In response to a bail petition, the HC bench of Justice Md Habibul Gani and Md Justice Akram Hossain also issued a rule asking the government to explain why Rony should not be granted a permanent bail in the case filed under the Arms Act. There is no legal bar to release Rony from jail following the High Court order as he has already got bail in other cases, BCL leaders counsel Advocate SM Rezaul Karim said. On May 7, Rony was held during a raid led by a judicial magistrate outside a polling centre in Hathazari upazila during voting. A loaded pistol was found on him. Two separate cases were filed against him following the seizure. One case was filed for trying to influence voters, while the other was filed for the possession of the firearm and ammunition. The mobile court sentenced him to two years in prison in the case for the breach of electoral code.
