A Dhaka court yesterday granted ad interim bail to Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami and nine other leaders of the party and its student front in a case for the killing of a Workers Party activist in the capital on October 28 last year.Meanwhile, another Dhaka court placed Khelafat Majlish Nayeb-e-Ameer and former member of parliament Mufti Shahidul Islam on a five-day remand for his alleged ties with militant organisations in the country.
In the case for killing Workers Party activist Russell Ahmed Khan during a demonstration in Paltan area, Judge Momin Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court granted the bail to the accused till May 22 after Nizami and nine others surrendered to the court and sought bail. Nine other accused are former minister and Jamaat Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, Assistant Secretary General Muhammad Qamaruzzaman, Central Nayab-e-Ameer Mokbul Ahmed, Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam, Dhaka City Unit Ameer Rafikul Islam, Paltan Unit Ameer ATM Sirajul Islam, Islami Chhatra Shibir President Shafikul Islam Masud, General Secretary Zahid Hossain and President of Dhaka University Unit Shishir Monir.
Earlier on April 24, the court accepted the charge sheet of the case and directed them to appear before it on May 8 (yesterday). On April 11, investigation officer (IO) of the case Sub-Inspector AKM Idris Hossain of Detective Branch of Police pressed charges against the 10 Jamaat and Shibir leaders.