BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday (November 2) sought bail before a Dhaka court in a case filed over the attack on the residence of the chief justice in Kakrail on October 28.

Fakhrul's lawyer, Syed Zainul Abedin Mejbah filed the petition on Thursday in response to the denial of bail by the Metropolitan Magistrate's Court. 

However, the date of hearing of the bail petition has not been fixed yet.

Earlier on October 29, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was sent to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj in a case filed over the vandalism of the chief justice's residence during BNP-police clash in the capital on October 28. 

The Detective Branch (DB) of police detained Fakhrul from his Gulshan residence around 9:30am on October 29. 

On October 28, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir suspended the grand rally in the capital's Nayapaltan and announced the hartal.

BNP claimed that the rally was suspended as police fired rubber bullets, flash grenades and lobbed tear gas shells, forcing the BNP leaders and activists to leave the rally venue.

BNP, Jamaat and like-minded parties observed the dawn to dusk countrywide hartal on October 29 in protest of the recent police action during the party's Nayapaltan rally.

Earlier on October 29, the BNP and Jamaat announced nationwide blockades for three days starting 31 October to press home their one-point demand of immediate resignation of the ruling government.

BDST: 1609 HRS, NOV 02, 2023
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