HC questions arrest of 4 BNP-JCD men

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of the arrest of four BNP and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders -- Moazzem Hossain Alal, Shafiul Bari Babu, SM Mizanur Rahman and Zakir Hossain Milan.

The court issued a rule asking the respondents to explain in four weeks why their arrest in a forceful manner should not be declared illegal and why they should not be directed to take departmental action against the law enforcers who made the arrests.

The rule came following a writ petition filed by BNP's Vice Chairman Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed. The four leaders were arrested while attending political programmes between February 24 and March 8.