KHULNA: A district court on Sunday sent 31 leaders and activists of BNP in eight violence cases filed with Daulatpur Thana of Khulna metropolitan area.

Metropolitan session court judge Mohammad Saidur Rahman made the order after the surrender of the defendants before the court this noon.

The court asked metropolitan BNP senior joint secretary Principal Tariqul Islam, Daulatpur Thana BNP general secretary Sirajul Haque Nannu, its joint secretary Murshid Kamal, organizing secretary Sajjad Ahsan Totan, and thana unit BNP’s youth wing Jubo Dal general secretary Hafizur Rahman Pintu, among other defenders to be sent to jail after denying their bail plea.

Around 50 lawyers including Sardar Yunus, Gazi Abdul Bari, Golam Mawla and SR Faruque moved for the defenders bail plea.

Police said that the law enforcers had filed eight cases against the BNP men accusing them in creating violence in several areas of Daulatpur thana from January to March during BNP-led 20-party alliance called nationwide anti-government movement.

BDST: 1621 HRS, AUG 09, 2015
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