Charge framing date deferred

A Dhaka court yesterday for the third time deferred until July 31 the hearing on charge framing against 46 opposition leaders, including BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in an arson case.
Police filed the case against the accused hours after a vehicle was set ablaze near the Prime Minister's Office in the capital during hartal hours on April 29.
Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Erfan Ullah passed the order following a time petition placed by Barrister Moudud Ahmed, a counsel for the accused.
In the petition, Moudud said former Dhaka City Corporation mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka had gone abroad for treatment. So, he prayed for the deferment of the hearing.
Another Dhaka court yesterday deferred until August 27 the hearing on charge framing against Juba Dal President Moazzem Hossain Alal and 57 others in a case for creating violence in the capital's Motijheel area on December 18 last year.