HC orders cops to let Saber alone

A division bench of the High Court yesterday granted ad interim bail to the organising secretary of the Awami League, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, in three cases lodged in connection with the Mymensingh cinema blast.

Another bench directed the authorities concerned not to arrest or harass Saber without proper warrant from the authorities concerned.

Justices Syed Amirul Islam and Mirza Hossain Haider granted bail to Saber.

The authorities filed four cases in connection with the Mymensingh blast on December 7.

Saber Chowdhury was arrested on December 8 under Section 54 without any specific charge. On December 28, he was shown arrested in one of the Mymensingh blast case. Saber got bail from this case from the High Court afterwards.

Saber was released as per a High Court order yesterday.

However, anticipating that the government might try to arrest him in the remaining three cases, Saber moved bail petitions in the High Court.

The other bench of Justices Hamidul Haq and Salma Masud Chowdhury ordered the authorities not to arrest or search Saber's residence and business establishments without proper warrant.

Saber pleaded to the High Court yesterday that the police yesterday raided his house twice and harassed him.

Advocate Mahbubey Alam moved the petitions on behalf of Saber.

Meanwhile, Awami League Presidium member Tofail Ahmed yesterday got bail in a murder case from the High Court division bench of Justices Syed Amirul Islam and Mirza Hossain Haider.

Tofail was arrested on December 8 without any specific charge. He was placed under a one-month detention. The authorities later showed him arrested in a murder case. After Tofail's one-month detention expired, the authorities put him on another three-month detention. He is in Kushtia jail now.