BNP leader Hafiz gets bail, no bar to release

A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to BNP standing committee member Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, who was sentenced to jail for 21 months in a sabotage case. 

Judge Ash-Shams Jaglul Hussein of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court, passed the order. 

Confirming the matter to Jago News, the BNP leader’s lawyer Aminul Islam said there is no bar for his release. 

Earlier on December 28, a Dhaka court sentenced BNP Vice-Chairmen Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed and Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) leader Major (retd) Md Hanif to 21 months in jail in the case.

They received 21 months’ imprisonment under two separate sections of the Penal Code and a fine of Tk 5,000 each. 

Five other accused - MA Awal Khan, Md Russel, Moinul Islam, Md Babul Hossain alias Babu and Md Alamgir Hossain alias Razu - were jailed for three and a half years and fined Tk 5,000 each.

The case statement said the accused were involved in obstructing police and attacking them from an unlawful rally in Mohakhali of the capital Dhaka on June 4, 2011. They were also charged with vandalizing and torching vehicles on the road.