Framing charges against BNP leaders deferred

A Dhaka court has yet again deferred framing of charges against 46 opposition activists including BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

They are accused of setting a vehicle alight near the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in 2012.

Judge Ataul Haque of the Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal has fixed Sept 24 for framing charges in the case on Thursday after the defence counsel sought time citing a pending appeal with the Higher Court over the legality of the case.

On Apr 29, 2012, a bus was set fire in front of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) during a general strike.

In May last year, police pressed charges against 45 people followed by supplementary charge sheet which implicated Jamaat-e-Islami's student wing general secretary Abdul Jabbar.

Those accused in the charge-sheeted accused include senior BNP leaders MK Anwar, Hannan Shah, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Mirza Abbas, Khandker Mosharraf Hossain, Amanullah Aman, Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu, Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, Fazlul Haque Milon, Sharif Uddin Chowdhury Anne, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal president Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, Swechchhasebak Dal president Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel, Liberal Democratic Party president Oli Ahmed, Jamaat-e-Islami acting chief Mokbul Hossain and BJP President Andalib Rahman Partha.