BNP Vice Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka got bail on Thursday after surrendering to a Dhaka court in a shutdown violence case.
Returning from Singapore after treatment on Wednesday night, the former Dhaka mayor appeared before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court Thursday morning and appealed for bail.
Judge Harun-or-Rashid granted the appeal after hearing.
The Speedy Trial Tribunal of Dhaka on Tuesday framed charges against Khoka and 45 others, including BNP Acting Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed over torching a vehicle in front of the Prime Minister's Office during shutdown on Apr 29.
The tribunal issued arrest warrant against Khoka and two others accused in the case, as they did not appear before it on that day.
During Thursday's hearing, Khoka's lawyer Mohammad Borhanuddin told the court that the BNP leader went to Singapore for kidney treatment on Jun 27 after being freed on bail granted by the High Court. He came to know about the warrant after returning on Wednesday night, he added.
The lawyer appealed to continue his bail as he went abroad with permission of the High Court.
BNP had enforced the general strike on Apr 29 demanding 'whereabouts' of one of its organising secretaries M Ilias Ali, who went missing on Apr 17 midnight.
Returning from Singapore after treatment on Wednesday night, the former Dhaka mayor appeared before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court Thursday morning and appealed for bail.
Judge Harun-or-Rashid granted the appeal after hearing.
The Speedy Trial Tribunal of Dhaka on Tuesday framed charges against Khoka and 45 others, including BNP Acting Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed over torching a vehicle in front of the Prime Minister's Office during shutdown on Apr 29.
The tribunal issued arrest warrant against Khoka and two others accused in the case, as they did not appear before it on that day.
During Thursday's hearing, Khoka's lawyer Mohammad Borhanuddin told the court that the BNP leader went to Singapore for kidney treatment on Jun 27 after being freed on bail granted by the High Court. He came to know about the warrant after returning on Wednesday night, he added.
The lawyer appealed to continue his bail as he went abroad with permission of the High Court.
BNP had enforced the general strike on Apr 29 demanding 'whereabouts' of one of its organising secretaries M Ilias Ali, who went missing on Apr 17 midnight.
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