5 BNP leaders get bail

Five local leaders of opposition BNP, accused in a case, were granted bail for three months by the High Court Tuesday. A high court bench comprising justice AFM Abdur Rahman and justice Mohammad Imdadul Haque Azad granted the bail after the hearing in presence of the five leaders. They are pourashava and town BNP president Jahangir Alam, pourashava panel mayor and general secretary of town Jubo Dal Maksudul Alam Khondoker Khorshed, poura BNP organising secretary Hasan Ahmed, Sadar upazila Jubo Dal vice president Moazzem Hossain Monti and No 7 ward Jubo Dal leader Shakhawat Hossain Shova. Nurul Islam Sarder, who was defeated in last pourashava mayoral election on October 25 filed a case with Sadar police station accusing the five of ransacking office and attempting to murder.