United News of Bangladesh

A Dhaka court today (November 22, 2023) rejected the bail plea of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed over vandalising the chief justice's residence during his party’s grand rally on October 28. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court’s Acting Judge Foysal Atique Bin Quader passed the order after hearing the bail plea placed by Fakhrul's lawyers.   Though there was a schedule to hold the hearing of the bail plea on November 20, the court later deferred it till November 22 after the state counsel had filed a petition seeking time. Read: Authorities in foreign countries alerted about rumormongers against Bangladesh: Hasan Mahmud  On November 2, Advocate Joynul Abedin filed a petition seeking bail for the BNP leader. The court fixed November 20 for the hearing. On October 30, a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate sent Fakhrul to jail in the case after the investigating officer produced him before it with a plea to keep him in jail in connection with the case. The Detective Branch (DB) of police detained Fakhrul from his Gulshan residence on October 29. Read: Fakhrul’s bail hearing deferred till Nov 22 Nearly 10 hours after his detention, Mirza Fakhrul was shown arrested in the case. Fakhrul, among 59 leaders and activists of BNP, was accused in the case filed with Ramna Police Station.