Cumilla, Sept 20 (UNB) – A court here on Thursday deferred the hearing on a bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a murder case filed over the arson attack in Cumilla on Feb 3, 2015.
Acting judge Justice Golam Mahbub Khan, Senior Judicial Magistrate court-5 fixed September 30 following a time petition filed by the prosecution, said Khaleda’s lawyer Advocate Kaimul Haque Rinku.
Eight people were killed and at least 20 others injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bus at Jogmohanpur in Chouddagram of Cumilla district during the BNP-led alliance’s movement on February 3, 2015.
Two cases were filed against Khaleda in this connection.