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| 33 opposition leaders stay in jail |
| 2012-05-24 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court in Dhaka too rejected yesterday the bail petitions of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 32 other top opposition leaders who are in jail since May 16. On May 16, a metropolitan magistrate sent the leaders to jail, turning down their bail prayers in the case filed for torching a bus near the Prime Minister's Office during hartal ... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ... on April 29. Apparently frustrated, the petitioner's counsels who include some senior jurists hinted that they would appeal to the High Court against the sessions court order. Yesterday, Judge Mohammad Zahurul Haque of the sessions court rejected the 15 bail petitions of the 33 accused leaders. The same court on May 17 rejected the bail petition of BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi who also is in jail in the same case. BNP leaders yesterday reiterated the allegation that the government is conspiring to keep the top opposition leaders away from participating in the next general election by convicting them under the Speedy Trial Act. |
| Posted by:Fred |