The court has fixed January 9 for the bail hearing of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's ninety cases.
As such, he is not getting bail before the 7 January vote.
On Sunday (31 December), the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of Dhaka fixed the date of hearing. On this day, his lawyer Saitra Jatnul Abedin Mejbah applied for bail in the court for the bail hearing. After the court, the court has decided to hold a bail hearing in the presence of the accused. The court has fixed January 9 for the hearing.
It is to be noted that during the BNP general meeting in Napaltan of the capital on October 28, Ramna Thana police filed a case against the Chief Justice's residence and 59 leaders and activists including the general secretary of the party, Mirza Fakhrul, were arrested from his residence in Gulshan on the morning of October 29.
Meanwhile, according to the schedule of the 12th National Assembly elections, the polling is going to be held on January 7. As such, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is not getting bail before the polls.
