Politics

BNP leader Ishraque sent to jail

A court in Dhaka on Wednesday sent BNP leader Engineer Ishraque Hossain to jail in a case filed for torching vehicle in 2020.

Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tamanna Farah passed the order after police had produced him before the court.

Earlier this noon, police arrested him from Motijheel area in the capital in the case. 

Ishraque secured bail in the case from the High Court but it, later, asked him to surrender before court. 

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Imrul Kayes on August 18, 2021, issued an arrest warrant against him as he did not comply with the HC order. 

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