'Instigating Violence': Arrested business woman gets bail

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to entrepreneur Barnali Chowdhury Lopa in three cases filed on charges of vandalising and attacking an Awami League office and instigating violence during the recent road safety movement.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saifuzzaman Hero passed the order after Lopa's lawyer submitted three petitions seeking bail in the cases filed with Dhanmondi police on August 5.

Apart from her, ten others were also arrested on similar charges.

The ten were granted bail on August 19-20 by different Dhaka courts.

Another Dhaka court is set to hear today the bail petition for quota reform leader Lutfun Nahar Luma in a case filed on charges of spreading rumours on social media and instigating violence during the road safety movement.

Metropolitan Magistrate Subrata Ghosh Shuvo yesterday set the date after hearing the bail petition submitted by her lawyer.

The court will also hear today the bail petition of another quota reformist -- Towhidul Islam Tushar -- arrested on the same charges.

Towhid was arrested on August 5 and Luma, a student of Eden College, was picked up from her grandfather's house in Sirajganj in a pre-dawn raid on August 15.

They were shown arrested in a case filed with Ramna police on August 5 under the controversial section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.

Both of them were placed on remand for quizzing.

The Cyber Crime Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) seized two mobile phones from Luma's possession.

Luma was sent to jail on August 20 after Inspector Rafikul Islam of Cyber Crime Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) produced her before a Dhaka court on completion of her three-day remand.