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| Ex-MP Pintu denied bail |
| 2009-07-13 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A Dhaka court rejected a bail petition of detained former BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu yesterday in connection with the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) carnage. Judge ANM Bashir Ullah of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court passed the order after defence lawyers submitted a bail petition against the lower court's rejection order. The Detective Branch of police rounded up Pintu along with his brother-in-law Mainur Rahman Apu on June 2 from the High Court premises. Pintu was arrested for allegedly helping mutineers flee by arranging engine boats to cross the Buriganga at Keraniganj ferry ghat during the February 25-26 carnage. He was later taken on nine days' remand for interrogation in three phases. Earlier, Pintu surrendered before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka on February 12 of 2007 after the crackdown by last caretaker government to detain corrupt suspects. He was released on December 29 last year on bail. BNP-led government withdrew as many as 76 cases against him during 2001-2006. |
| Posted by:Fred |