A Khulna court on Thursday sent eight leaders and activists of BNP including information affairs secretary of its central unit Azizul Bari Helal and convener of Khulna district BNP Amir Aziz to jail rejecting their bail petitions in a sabotage case.
Khulna Senior Sessions Judge Court judge Mir Shafiqul Islam passed the order after hearing the bail petitions of the accused.
The other accused are Sheikh Farhad Hossain, Molla Akbar Hossain Saikat, Abdur Rob Akunji, Shahinur Rahman, Molla Mashiur Rahman and Shahnewaz Sheikh.
According to the prosecution, on February 11, Dumuria police station Sub-Inspector Tareq Raian filed the case against 130 BNP leaders and activists including Azizul Bari Helal and Amir Aziz.