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BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul released from jail
BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been released from jail a day after the Supreme Court upheld the bail granted to him by the High Court.
Published : 1 Dec 2015, 04:34 PM
Updated : 1 Dec 2015, 05:14 PM
He came out of Dhaka Central Jail-2 in Gazipur's Kashimpur around 8pm on Tuesday.
"He (Fakhrul) was released after we received the documents pertaining to his bail around 6pm," Jail Superintendent Prashanta Kumar Banik told bdnews24.com.
On Nov 24, the High Court granted the three-month bail after resolving a previous rule over the BNP leader’s bail in three cases filed at Paltan Police Station.
The State then moved the top court against the order and the plea was forwarded to the appeals bench.
It heard the appeal on Monday and issued a ‘no order’, paving the way for Fakhrul's release.
Fakhrul was in jail for six months after his arrest in January in seven cases, amidst a BNP-led agitation for a snap election under an impartial administration.
The High Court granted him a six-month bail on Apr 16 in the three cases relating to arson, vandalism, and bombing filed with Paltan police.
On June 18, the High Court granted him bail in two other cases lodged with the same police station and with Motijheel Police Station until submission of the police report. The Supreme Court upheld the order.
On June 21, the High Court approved his bail in the three cases. But the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division cancelled them on Nov 3 and ordered Fakhrul’s health check-up following a State appeal.
The court gave him bail to facilitate his treatment after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical College submitted a health report on July 13.
The BNP leader first went to Singapore and then to the US for treatment.
His bail was extended twice, until Nov 2, to facilitate his treatment.
The appellate bench, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, rejected his fresh petition for a third extension on Nov 2 and ordered him to surrender before the trial court.
After he surrendered before Dhaka's Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, he was sent to jail again.
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