Arrest warrants against BNP leader Bulu
UNB
A court in Dhaka yesterday issued warrants for the arrest of 30 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, including BNP vice-chairman Barkatullah Bulu, in a violence case filed in 2014 with Paltan Police Station, reports UNB.
Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah passed the order after accepting charges against 43 people, including BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in the case.
The court also asked the officer-in-charge of Paltan Police Station to submit a report on the progress of arrest before it on January 25.
Among the 43, 13 accused, including BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul, Mirza Abbas, Rafiqul Amin, are now on bail while 30 others are on the run.
Paltan police filed the case against 43 people under the Explosives
Substance Act for torching a vehicle at Paltan intersection in the capital during blockade and hartal enforced by the BNP-led alliance in December in 2014.
Later, police submitted a charge-sheet to court against 43 leaders and activists on April 28 last.
