The High Court (HC) has fixed Thursday for hearing the bail petition of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed over vandalizing Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan’s residence during his party’s grand rally on October 28.
A HC bench comprising by Justice Md Selim and Justice Shahed Nuruddin on Monday passed the order.
Earlier on Sunday, Mirza Fakhrul filed the bail petition to the High Court in the case.
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Fakhrul from his Gulshan residence on October 29. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin sent him to jail in the case.
BNP men on October 28 allegedly attacked the residence of the chief justice, breaking down one of the gates. They hurled brickbats towards the main building indiscriminately.
Police filed the case with Ramna Police Station against 59 leaders and activists of BNP including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee member Mirza Abbas, Vice-chairman Barkat Ullah Bulu, Abdul Awal Mintoo and Shamsuzzaman Dudu.