A Dhaka court today (January 18) granted bail to BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in four cases filed over violence in connection to BNP’s rally in Dhaka on October 28, 2023.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Tofazzal Hossain passed the order after his lawyer submitted separate petitions, seeking bail in the cases.

The magistrate could not hear the bail petitions of four other cases as those are now in the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court for hearing on bail petitions of other accused in the same cases.

Before that, he was shown arrested in those cases after his lawyer submitted eight separate petitions in this regard.

According to law, if a detainee is not shown arrested by police or prosecution, he or she cannot secure bail from the court in any case.

Yesterday, Amir Khasru was granted bail in two other cases, including the one filed over the killing of a police constable.

BDST: 1620 HRS, JAN 18, 2024
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