BNP leaders Abdus Salam and Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie were freed from jail on bail on Wednesday evening. They walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 6 pm after the bail order reached the jail authorities, said BNP’s media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan. Read more: Nayapaltan clash: BNP’s Salam, Annie get 6-month interim bail Leaders and activists of BNP's Dhaka Metropolitan South received them at the jail gate. On January 16, the High Court granted BNP's Dhaka Metropolitan South convener Abdus Salam and publication secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie six months’ interim bail in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan. On December 7 last year, a Swechchasebak Dal leader was killed and around 50 others were injured in a clash between police and the BNP activists in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office, ahead of its December 10 rally. Police arrested 470 BNP activists and leaders in connection with the clash and they were sued in two cases filed with Paltan and Motijheel police stations. Read more: Nayapaltan clash: 445 BNP activists including Rizvi, Annie sent to jail, 2 get bail Abdus Salam and Annie were arrested on the same day following the clash. A Dhaka court sent 445 BNP leaders and activists including Annie and Salam to jail in two cases filed over the violence and order to give division in jail to the five leaders on the following day. Party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Chairperson’s Special Assistant Shimul Biswash, Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon, former organizational secretary Fazlul Haque Milon, Co-Organisational Secretary Selimuzzaman, are among others who were sent to jail in the case.

The High Court on Monday granted BNP leaders Abdus Salam and Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie six months’ interim bail in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan on December 7 last year. The HC bench of Justice Md Akram Hossain Chowdhury and Justice Shahed Nuruddin passed the bail order. The court issued a rule questioning why the BNP leaders should not be granted permanent bail. Read more: Anti-state plot: SC stays bail of BNP leader Aslam Senior lawyer Zainul Abedin and lawyer Zahirul Islam Sumon appeared for the two BNP leaders in the court. On December 7 last year, a Swechchasebak Dal leader was killed and around 50 others were injured in a clash between police and the BNP activists in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office, ahead of its December 10 rally. Police arrested 470 BNP activists and leaders in connection with the clash and they were sued in two cases filed with Paltan and Motijheel police stations. BNP's Dhaka Metropolitan South convener Abdus Salam and publication secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie were arrested on the same day following the clash. Read more: SC upholds bail of Fakhrul and Abbas, no bar to release A Dhaka court sent 445 BNP leaders and activists including Annie and Salam to jail in two cases filed over the violence and order to give division in jail to the five leaders on the following day. Party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Chairperson’s Special Assistant Shimul Biswash, Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon, former organizational secretary Fazlul Haque Milon, Co-Organisational Secretary Selimuzzaman, are among others who were sent to jail in the case.

A Dhaka court on Wednesday rejected the bail petitions of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas, in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan on December 7. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Asaduzzaman turned down the petitions when their lawyers sought bail for them. Syed Joynal Abedin Mezbah, a lawyer of the BNP leaders, said it is the 4th time that the top BNP leaders have been denied bail in the case. On December 9, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police picked up Fakhrul and Abbas from their homes in separate raids in the capital city. Read more: Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas should’ve given division in jail earlier: HC Later, they were shown arrested in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan. A Dhaka court sent them to jail rejecting their bail pleas. On December 12, a Dhaka court rejected the bail petitions of 224 leaders and activists of BNP, including Fakhrul and Abbas. On December 15, a Dhaka court again rejected the bail petitions of the two BNP leaders in the case. A Dhaka court ordered to give division facility to them on December 9 and then they were given the division facility from December 13. They were accused of instigating, planning and directing an attack on police. Read more: 224 BNP leaders including Fakhrul, Mirza Abbas denied bail On December 7, a Swechchasebak Dal leader was killed and around 50 others were injured in a clash between police and the BNP activists in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office, ahead of its December 10 rally. Police filed four cases at Ramna, Shahjahanpur, Motijheel and Paltan police stations against 720 BNP activists and over 2400 unnamed people in connection with the clash with BNP. Of the BNP men, 450 were accused in the case filed at Nayapaltan police station, 20 in Motijheel police station case and seven in Shahjahanpur police station case.

The High Court on Sunday ordered the jail authorities to give first class facility in jail to five BNP leaders who were arrested in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan. The BNP leaders are- adviser to BNP chairperson Abdus Salam, BNP joint general secretary Khairul Kabir Khokon, Publication Secretary Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie, former organising secretary Fazlul Haque Milan and Barisal District (South) BNP convenor and National Executive Committee member Abul Hossain Khan. The HC bench of Justice KM Kamrul Quader and Justice Mohammad Ali passed the order after hearing on a writ petition seeking division for them in jail On December 13, a writ petition was filed in the High Court seeking first class facility in jail for the BNP leaders. On December 7, a Swechchasebak Dal leader was killed and around 50 others were injured in a clash between police and the BNP activists in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office, ahead of its December 10 rally. The BNP leaders were arrested on the same day following the clash. Read more: Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas should’ve given division in jail earlier: HC A Dhaka court sent 445 BNP leaders and activists including Annie and Salam to jail in two cases filed over the violence and order to give division in jail to the five leaders on the following day. But the jail authorities did five them division jail. Later, on December 9, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police picked up Fakhrul and Abbas from their homes in separate raids in the capital city in the early hours. Later, they were arrested in a case filed over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan. Read more: BNP leaders, activists being treated inhumanely in jail: BNP A Dhaka court ordered to give division facility to them on December 9 and then they were given the division facility from December 13.  

A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas, in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain rejected the bail petition after the hearing. This is the third time the top leaders of BNP have been denied bail in this case. Read more: Mirza Fakhrul, Abbas should’ve given division in jail earlier: HC Senior lawyers Zainul Abedin and Masud Ahmed Talukder appeared for the bail plea while Dhaka Metropolitan Public Prosecutor Abdullah Abu Jamin represented the state. On Wednesday, the counsel of Mirza Fakhrul and Abbas pleaded for their bail in the court of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim Chowdhury. On Tuesday, Mirza Fakhrul’s wife Rahat Ara Begum, Mirza Abbas’ wife Afroza Abbas and advocate AJ Mohammad Ali submitted the petition. A Dhaka court ordered to give division facility to them on December 9 and then they were given the division facility from Tuesday. In the early hours of Friday, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police picked up Fakhrul and Abbas from their homes in separate raids in the capital city. Read more: 224 BNP leaders including Fakhrul, Mirza Abbas denied bail Later, they were arrested in a case filed over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan. On Monday, a Dhaka court rejected the bail petition of 224 leaders and activists of BNP, including Fakhrul and Abbas, and sent them to jail.

A Dhaka court on Thursday sent 445 BNP leaders and activists to jail in two cases filed over Wednesday’s clash with police that left one person dead and 50 injured. Party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Publication Secretary Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie were among the top leaders who were sent to jail, pending further legal procedures. Meanwhile, the court granted bail to BNP’s Dhaka North Convener Aman Ullah Aman and National Executive Committee member Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order after police produced the them before court on Thursday and sought remand for seven days to interrogate them. Read more: Nayapaltan clash: Over 3000 BNP activists, others sued Besides, the court placed 23 BNP leaders and activists on a two-day remand. BNP’s Co-Climate Secretary Mostafizur Rahman Babul, Co-Organizational Secretary Seluzzaman Selim, BNP Dhaka district President Khondokar Abu Ashfaq, BNP leaders Shahjahan, AKM Aminul Islam, Wakil Ahmed , Sajeen Bhuiyan, Sarwar Hossain Sheikh, Saidul Iqbal Mahmud, Mizanur Rahman, Al Amin, Saiful, Shuvo Farazi and Mahmud Hossain Rony, are among the people remanded.

Police filed four cases at Ramna, Shahjahanpur, Motijheel and Paltan police stations against 720 BNP activists and over 2400 unnamed people in connection with Wednesday’s clash with BNP that left one person dead and many injured. Faruq Hossain, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police revealed the information at a press briefing in the capital’s DMP Media Centre on Thursday. So far 500 people have been arrested in this regard, he said. Of the BNP men, 450 were accused in the case filed at Nayapaltan police station, 20 in Motijheel police station case and seven in Shahjahanpur police station case. Read more: 1 killed in police-BNP clash at Nayapaltan; Over 150 leaders, activists held Among 42 police members,16 are under treatment at Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital and another at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital  (DMCH), said Deputy Commissioner Faruq Hossain. He said police filed a case against 473 BNP activists and 15,00-2,000 anonymous people at Paltan police station on charges of assault on police and under the Explosives Substances Act over the Wednesday’s incident. They were accused of keeping explosive materials at the BNP party office, attacking police and sabotage. After the clash, 473 BNP leaders and activists were arrested from the party’s central office and surrounding areas who were named in this case. Md Sahidul Osman Masum, Sub Inspector and in-charge of Siddheswari police outpost under Ramna model police station filed a case against 167 leaders and activists of BNP and its assciate bodies and many unnamed ones under the penal code and the Explosive Substances Act (Amendment 2002 on Thursday. Rawnaqul Islam Srabon, president of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal central committee, Fazlur Rahman Khokon, former president of JCD central committee, and Md Saiful, organizational secretary of Jubo Dal Ramna committee are among the accused in this case. Besides, Rafiqul Islam, Sub-Inspector of Shahjahanpur police station filed a case against 52 BNP activists and 200 to 250 anonymous people under different sections of the Penal Code and the Explosive Substances Act (Amendment 2002). Nazrul Islam Shikdar, sub-inspector of Motijheel Police Station filed a case against 28 BNP activists and leaders at Motijeel Police station under the Explosive Substances Act. Police fired teargas and used batons during a clash with BNP activists at Nayapalton on Wednesday, leaving  a man dead and several others injured on Wednesday. Read more: Over 300 BNP leaders, activists held: Police BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday claimed that two leaders of their party’s student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal were killed and over 100 others were injured in an attack by police when bullets were fired in front of their party’s Nayapaltan central office. However, police said they detained over 300 leaders and activists of the BNP from the party's Nayapaltan headquarters after the clash. The detained leaders included BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Publication Secretary Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie.