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| Arrest warrant issued against 28 BNP men |
| 2015-07-10 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] A Dhaka court yesterday issued arrest warrant against the BNP-led 20-party alliance's 28 leaders and activists, including BNP's standing committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah and its Joint Secretary General Amanullah Aman, for torching a bus in the city's Mirpur area on January 30. Dhaka Metropolitan Special Court-1 Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah issued the arrest warrants after accepting the charges against the leaders and activists, who were not present during the hearing. The court also directed the officer in-charge of Mirpur model cop shoppe to submit a report by August 26 on execution of the arrest warrants. The warrant list also includes Khaleda's Press Secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel, special assistant advocate Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, former Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal ...student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)... (JCD) President Azizul Bari Helal, Swechchhasebak Dal President Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel and others. According to the case statement, the BNP leaders and activists were allegedly involved in hurling a petrol bomb at a bus of Bahon Paribahan in front of Hakkani Mission Biddyapith of Kallyanpur Notun Bazar Road during the countrywide blockade and hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... on January 30. ASI Swapan Kumar Datta filed a case under the Special Powers Act with Mirpur model cop shoppe against 31 identified and 15-20 unidentified people on the same day. |
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