Two more BNP men land in jail
A court here yesterday sent two more BNP leaders to jail after rejecting their bail prayers in a case filed for attacking the train carrying Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader and now prime minister, 25 years ago.
They are former mayor of Ishwardi municipality Mokhlesur Rahman Bablu, also former president of the municipality unit of BNP, and Abdul Hakim Tenu, member of the unit.
Meanwhile, the court fixed July 3 (today) for delivering the verdict in the case filed for the ‘94 attack.
Bablu and Hakim surrendered before the Additional District Judge’s Court-2 and sought bail yesterday morning but Additional District and Sessions Judge Rustom Ali rejected their petition, said Public Prosecutor Akhtaruzzaman Mukta.
With the two, total 32 out of 52 BNP men landed in jail. On Sunday, the same court sent 30 BNP leaders and activists to jail after rejecting their bail prayers in the case.
The court also issued arrest warrants against the rest of the accused.
In 1994, then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina was travelling from Khulna to Rajshahi via train and holding rallies at different railway stations. As her train reached Pakshey Railway Station in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila, it was attacked with crude bombs and gunshots.
Nazrul Islam, then officer-in-charge of Ishwardi Police Station, filed a case accusing 52 persons of BNP and its allied parties. Police pressed charge sheet against the accused on April 4, 1997 but all of them secured bail from court.
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