A court in Dhaka on Monday rejected the bail petitions of 34 opposition leaders and activists including Zainul Abdin Farroque, Amanullah Aman and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in two cases filed for assaulting police and blasting cocktails near BNP central office on March 11.
The two cases were filed with Paltan Police Station against these leaders on March 12.
Acting Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Anisur Rahman rejected the bail petitions after hearing the pleas of both prosecution and defence counsels.
The defence counsels --- Sanaullah Miah and Masud Ahmed Talukder — told the court that there was no specific allegation against the accused and the cases were also ‘baseless’ and urged that the accused should be set free on bail.
In reply, additional public prosecutor Shah Alam Talukder opposed the bail plea.
Following the rejection, Sanaullah told reporters they would move to the High Court, seeking further order.
On March 20, metropolitan magistrates had rejected bail petitions of 148 people and remanded them for eight-day each.
Among the 148, the defence counsels of 34 accused submitted the bail petitions on March 25 against the rejection order of the chief metropolitan magistrate.
Meanwhile, subinspector Mahmudul Hassan, the investigating officer of one of the two cases filed under the Speedy Trial Act, submitted the charge-sheet of the case on March 28 accusing 148 people. (Source)
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