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A Dhaka court has again dismissed bail petitions of 58 leaders and activists of the BNP, including its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order after holding hearing on the petitions, in a case lodged over the clash between BNP party men and police at the capital’s Nayapaltan on December 7.
On December 14, Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim had fixed Thursday for hold hearing on the matter.
The court on December 12 had rejected bail petitions of 224 accused, including Mirza Fakhrul and Mirza Abbas.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jasim on December 9 sent Fakhrul and Abbas to jail in the case.
The court had passed the order after police produced the two BNP leaders before the court and pleaded to keep them behind bars till the end of probe in the case. The defence, however, pleaded for their bail.
One person was killed and several others including policemen were injured in the clash in front of BNP central office in Nayapaltan on December 7.
Police filed the case against 473 leaders and activists of BNP and another 1,500- 2,000 unnamed people, at the capital's Paltan Police Station.
