DHAKA: A Dhaka court on Wednesday fixed September 15 as the date of hearing for charge framing against 63 including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in an arson attack case.

Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Alamgir Kabir Raj fixed the date following a plea by Fakhrul’s lawyer Joynul Abedin Mezbah as the BNP leader was ill.

The case was filed over vandalizing vehicles and arson attacks at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area in city on December 9 of 2012 during a BNP-enforced hartal.

BDST: 1338 HRS, JULY 22, 2015
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