The Appellate Division on Tuesday cleared the way for the release of Bangladesh Nationalist Party vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury from jail by upholding a High Court order that had granted him bail in two cases.
The Appellate Division’s chamber judge, Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, had not passed any order on the government appeal seeking stay on the High Court’s order granting Shamsher Mobin’s bail.
On May 6, the High Court granted interim bail to Shamsher in two cases relating to clashes between activists of the ruling party and the BNP during former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s appearance in a court at Bakshibazar on December 24, 2014.
The court had also issued a rule on the government and the police asking them to explain in four weeks why Shamsher should not be granted regular bail in the two cases. The bench granted Shamsher’s bail until disposal of the rule.
Of the two cases, one was filed with the Shahbagh police station against 22 BNP leaders and activists for allegedly assaulting Awami League MP Chhabi Biswas at Dhaka Medical College and setting his vehicle on fire there during the clashes.
The other case was filed with the Chawkbazar police station against 76 leaders and activists for allegedly obstructing on-duty policemen from performing duties during the violence.
Shamsher, who is also a war-wounded freedom fighter, is now detained in Kashimpur Part-2 jail in Gazipur.
Plain-clothed police arrested him from his Banani DOHS house on January 8.
He was later remanded in custody for five days for interrogation over allegedly instigating clashes.
Source: New Age
