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5 BNP leaders denied bail

SC stays HC order against 'harassment' of Fakhrul

Staff Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petitions of five top BNP leaders, including Moudud Ahmed, in five cases filed with the capital's Motijheel and Ramna police stations.
The four other leaders are MK Anwar, barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia, Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed and Fazlul Haque Milon.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court yesterday stayed the High Court orders that directed the government not to arrest or harass BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three arson attack cases.
Judge Md Zahirul Haque of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court of Dhaka dismissed the five BNP leaders' bail petitions after holding hearings on the appeals.
The leaders were shown arrested in the cases on January 6 and 9.
Moudud, Anwar and Rafiqul are accused in a case filed with Motijheel Police Station over Hefajat-e Islam's May5 mayhem in the capital.
In the same case, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Special Assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas obtained bail from the same court on Tuesday, while the BNP chiefs Adviser Abdul Awal Mintoo secured
bail from the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka on January 21.
Hafiz is an accused in two cases filed with Motijheel Police Station for attempting to kill police in Motijheel area on September 24 and November 5.
Another case has been lodged against him with Ramna Police Station in connection with killing Ferdous Khalil, a police constable, in the capital's Bangla Motor area on December 24.
Milon has been made an accused in a case filed with Ramna Police Station for a bid to murder the deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ramna division
on January'4.
SC ON FAKHRUL
The Supreme Court yesterday stayed the IIC orders given in favour of Fakhrul after the government filed three separate leave-to-appeal petitions challenging the HC orders.
The court also allowed die government to move separate appeals before itagainst the HCorders within aweek.
A five-member bench of the Appellate Division of the SC headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain fixed February' 18 forbearing.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told The Daily Star that the apex court would examine whether the HC can direct the government to follow the orders.
On January' 16, the HC had directed the law enforcers not to arrest or harass Mirza Fakhrul in the three arson attackcases following three bail petitions filed by him.
Police had filed the three cases with Ramna and Shahbagh police stations on different dates in November and December, and Fakhrul was made an instigator there.
On December 24, a police constable was killed when arsonists set fire to a requisitioned police bus at Bangla Motor.
On November 29, four people were killed and several others injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bus in Shahbagh area, and the following day, a man was killed in an arson