BNP's Fakhrul to be quizzed at jail gate

A Dhaka court has allowed police to interrogate BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at jail gate by May 23 in connection with three arson cases.

The court sent the BNP leader back to jail yesterday after rejecting both his remand and bail petitions.

Metropolitan Magistrate Ashoke Kumar Dutt also directed the jail authorities to take initiatives to provide treatment for Fakhrul in jail.

Police on Tuesday sought a total 30-day remand for Fakhrul after showing him arrested in three arson cases.

Of the three cases, one accuses Fakhrul and 28 others of vandalising and torching a bus at Gulistan on January 4.

Fakhrul and 49 other BNP leaders and activists are also accused of setting fire to a motorbike of a policeman at Fakirapool on January 5.

According to the third case, a BRTC bus was torched near Bangabandhu National Stadium on January 6 by a group of BNP leaders and activists including Fakhrul.