Gias Quader shown arrested in another case

BNP central committee Vice Chairman Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury, who is currently in Chattogram jail, was shown arrested yesterday in another case, in connection with attacking police.

The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Kamrunnahar Rumi passed the order after police produced the BNP leader before the court and pleaded to show him arrested in the case, said Court Inspector Bijan Kumar Barua.

Bijan said police pleaded the court to show Gias arrested in the case lodged with Fatickchhari Police Station on August 4 under the Explosive Substances Act. Lawyers of Gias appealed for bail in the case, he added.

After hearing, the court passed the order, showing him arrested in the case, he said, adding that the BNP leader now stands accused in six cases. Gias was earlier sent to jail on November 22, after a Chattogram court rejected his bail prayer in a case filed on May 30, by Jamal, president of Fatickchhari upazila Chhatra League, accusing the BNP leader and 80 others over making derogatory remarks and threatening Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with death.

Nomination papers for Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury, younger brother of executed war criminal Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, were submitted on behalf of BNP from Chattogram-7 and Chattogram-2, but both were cancelled.