Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Moudud, Mirza Abbas among 41 indicted:Daily Sun

  A Dhaka court on Tuesday indicted BNP Standing Committee members Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Mirza Abbas and Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and 38 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 20-party alliance for torching vehicles and assaulting police in the capital’s Nayapaltan last year. Metropolitan Magistrate Tareq Moinul Islam Bhuiyan framed the charges against the accused and fixed October 12 for starting tr
ial in the case filed for torching vehicles and assaulting police. Moudud, Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar and 18 other accused appeared before the court on Tuesday. They pleaded not guilty and demanded justice after the court read out charges against them. The indicted leaders include BNP Vice-president Abdullah Al Noman, Joint Secretary General Barkatullah Bulu, Joint Secretary General Aman Ullah Aman, Dhaka city unit Member Secretary Habibunnabi Khan Sohel, Student Affairs Secretary Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee, Juba Dal President Moazzem Hossain Alal, former Chhatra Dal president Sultan Salauddin Tuku, former Islami Chhatra Shibir president Delwar Hossain and Dr Shafiqul Islam Masud. Taherul Islam, a defence counsel, said, “Of the accused, 21 appeared before the court during the charge framing while 18 accused are on the run and a time petition was filed for the remaining two accused—Taleb and Selim.” Earlier on March 27, 2013, police submitted the charge sheet before the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court against them under the speedy trial act. Police filed the case with Paltan Police Station under the speedy trial act for vandalism, arson and assault on them during demonstration at Paltan in the capital on March 6, 2013. Meanwhile, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and some other senior leaders on Tuesday appeared before the court in three cases filed under the speedy trial act. The cases were filed with different police stations in the capital on charges of torching vehicles and assaulting police during anti-government movement last year.

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