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 writ petition seeking first class facility in jail for BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas was filed Tuesday with the High Court. The petition was submitted to the bench of Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Mohammad Ali. Mirza Fakhrul’s wife Rahat Ara Begum, Mirza Abbas’ wife Afroza Abbas and advocate AJ Mohammad Ali submitted the petition. Raising the petition for hearing on Tuesday advocate Ali said “This is a very urgent matter. Two former ministers have not been given division in jail.” Read more: 224 BNP leaders including Fakhrul, Mirza Abbas denied bail Later, the bench scheduled the hearing on the petition at 3:00 pm onTuFakhrul, Abbas sent to jail ahead of BNP’s Dhaka rallyesday. 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. Later, they were arrested in a case filed over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan. Read more: Fakhrul, Abbas sent to jail ahead of BNP’s Dhaka rally 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, pending further legal procedures.