The court cancelled bails of 38 others and issued warrants for their arrest as they remained absent from yesterday’s hearing.
Earlier in the day, the court rejected 36 petitions submitted to it to free Fakhrul and 35 others from the charges as, it said, there were no cogent grounds to do so.
In August 2014, Abu Zafar, sub-inspector of Paltan Police Station and investigating officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka.
According to the charge sheet, some 300 leaders and activists of the BNP-led alliance brought out a procession at Fakirapool in the capital and paraded towards the party’s Nayapaltan central office during December 9, 2012 blockade.
At one point, agitators threw bombs at policemen leaving many of them injured and vandalised vehicles on the streets.
A case was filed with Paltan police the same day against 200 to 300 leaders and activists of the BNP-led alliance. Thirty-seven more cases were filed with different police stations in the capital in this connection.
The case statement mentions that Fakhrul on December 6, 2012 urged all not to drive vehicles on city streets during the opposition’s countrywide road blockade three days later.
Meanwhile, charges were framed against Fakhrul in three other cases. Moreover, he faces 83 criminal cases filed with different police stations across the country, his lawyer Masud said.
Source: The Daily Star
