Nayapaltan clash: probe report against Fakhrul, Abbas on Oct 18

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday fixed October 18 for submitting a report against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas in a case lodged over the clashes between police and BNP men in front of the party's Nayapaltan central office in Dhaka on December 7.

As the investigation officer (IO) failed to submit the report today, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Moinul Islam set the date afresh.

One person was killed and several others, including policemen, were injured in the December 7 clash.

Police filed the case against 473 leaders and activists of the BNP and other 1,500- 2,000 unnamed people with Paltan Police Station in the capital.

Separate teams of Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested Fakhrul and Abbas from their respective homes on December 8 and showed them arrested in the case.

Police brought charges of plotting to attack policemen and inciting violence against the law enforcers, against them.

Source: BSS