Staff Reporter:
A Dhaka Court on Tuesday granted bail to over one thousand leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami including BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury from different cases filed against them during the AL-led government.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates Nurul Huda and Ali Haidar Kamal passed the orders.
Advocate Omar Faruk Faruki, a defense counsel said the accused in Setu Bhaban and Metro Rail Station sabotage cases also secured bail.
The BNP-Jamaat leaders include– BNP’s senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan, its Senior joint general secre-tary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, its organizing secretary Sayedul Alam Babul, party’s Dhaka North City unit President Saiful Islam Nirob, its member secretary, footballer Aminul Haque, convener of Dhaka South city unit BNP, Rafiqul Islam Majnu, BNP’s publicity secretary Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, BNP Chairper-son Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, its joint general secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie and BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury.
The Gono Odhikar Parishad faction led by Nurul Haque Nur also secured bail in two cases, said his law-yer Khademul Islam.
Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho, chairman of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) and BRAC universi-ty teacher Asif Mahtab, Jamaat-e-Islam secretary General Mia Golam Parwar, its Nayeb-e-Amir Dr Ab-dullah Md Abu Taher, central working council member and former secretary of Gazipur unti Jamaat-e-islami Samiul Haque Faruki, former president of Islami Chhatra Shibir Rashedul Islam also secured bail in different cases.