Police have documented a case against nearly 100 lawyers, naming 29 of them including BNP leader Sanaullah Mia, under the Speedy Trial Act for unleashing vandalism and chaos in a Dhaka court.
Pro-BNP lawyers, under the Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, had boycotted proceedings at four trial courts in Dhaka demanding release of senior leaders of the 18-Party opposition alliance detained in connection with the Apr 29 arson attack case.
Several lawyers of the forum, reportedly smashed windowpanes of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court and threw black flags into the courtroom of the Metropolitan Judge's Court. They also asked the court to suspend proceedings.
Kotwali Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Mokbul Hossain had filed the case earlier in the day over the vandalism and chaos.
SI Chittoranjan Roy of the same police station told late on Tuesday night that the case had been documented under the Speedy Trial Act.
Twenty-nine people had been named in the case as accused including former Dhaka Ainjibi Forum president Sanaullah, along with 70 unnamed others, Roy said.
Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Kotwali police station Mahbub Hossain had told in the afternoon that the case was filed accusing 200 unnamed lawyers.
Administrative Officer of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court Syed Shahabuddin had accused several members of the lawyers' forum of knocking violently at the courtroom's door and smashing windowpanes of the room.
On Apr 29, a vehicle was torched near the Prime Minister's Office allegedly by the pickets of the 18-Party alliance during the opposition-sponsored shutdown. Police had filed a case the same day under the Speedy Trial Act at the Tejgaon Police Station accusing leaders of the alliance.
On Monday, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Speedy Trial Magistrate Mohammad Erfan Ullah took cognisance of charges against BNP Acting Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 44 others in the arson attack case.
It also rejected bail extension plea of BNP Joint Secretary-General and MP Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon in the same case and ordered him into jail. He was on an anticipatory bail granted by the High Court until May 21.
Pro-BNP lawyers, under the Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, had boycotted proceedings at four trial courts in Dhaka demanding release of senior leaders of the 18-Party opposition alliance detained in connection with the Apr 29 arson attack case.
Several lawyers of the forum, reportedly smashed windowpanes of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court and threw black flags into the courtroom of the Metropolitan Judge's Court. They also asked the court to suspend proceedings.
Kotwali Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Mokbul Hossain had filed the case earlier in the day over the vandalism and chaos.
SI Chittoranjan Roy of the same police station told late on Tuesday night that the case had been documented under the Speedy Trial Act.
Twenty-nine people had been named in the case as accused including former Dhaka Ainjibi Forum president Sanaullah, along with 70 unnamed others, Roy said.
Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Kotwali police station Mahbub Hossain had told in the afternoon that the case was filed accusing 200 unnamed lawyers.
Administrative Officer of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court Syed Shahabuddin had accused several members of the lawyers' forum of knocking violently at the courtroom's door and smashing windowpanes of the room.
On Apr 29, a vehicle was torched near the Prime Minister's Office allegedly by the pickets of the 18-Party alliance during the opposition-sponsored shutdown. Police had filed a case the same day under the Speedy Trial Act at the Tejgaon Police Station accusing leaders of the alliance.
On Monday, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Speedy Trial Magistrate Mohammad Erfan Ullah took cognisance of charges against BNP Acting Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 44 others in the arson attack case.
It also rejected bail extension plea of BNP Joint Secretary-General and MP Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon in the same case and ordered him into jail. He was on an anticipatory bail granted by the High Court until May 21.
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