Mirza Fakhrul shown arrested in 9 more cases

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been shown arrested in nine more cases.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sultan Sohag Uddin passed the order on Tuesday after Fakhrul’s lawyer submitted nine separate petitions in this regard.

The court also fixed Wednesday for a hearing on the bail petitions.

Earlier on December 31, Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury fixed today for hearing Fakhrul’s bail petitions in the nine cases -- six filed with Paltan and three in Ramna model police stations.

The High Court on December 18 directed the chief metropolitan magistrate’s court in Dhaka to accept, hear, and dispose of the bail petitions of Fakhrul in the nine cases.

HC came up with the order after a writ petition was filed challenging the legality of a magistrate court’s refusal to accept the bail petitions.

Mirza Fakhrul was arrested on October 29 in a case filed with Ramna police station on charges of the attack on the residence of the chief justice during a clash with police on October 28.