<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A Dhaka court today set January 10 (Wednesday) for hearing the bail petitions in several cases filed against BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sultan Sohagh Uddin set the date when Fakhrul’s lawyer Joynul Abedin filed a petition seeking his bail in nine cases.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Fakhrul was shown arrested in nine separate cases filed with Paltan and Ramna police stations.</div><div><br></div><div>The court accepted the petition to show Fakhrul arrested in the cases. The BNP leader was produced before the court at 11:40 am.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 31, 2023, Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim set January 9 for hearing the bail petitions of Fakhrul in nine separate cases filed with Ramna and Paltan police stations.</div><div><br></div><div>At least 11 cases were filed against Fakhrul in connection with the October 28 grand rally of BNP.</div><div><br></div><div>Of these, eight were filed with Paltan Police Station and three with Ramna Police Station.</div><div><br></div><div>On October 29, police filed a case with Ramna Police Station on charges of vandalism and attack on the Chief Justice's residence during the BNP rally on October 28.</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from Mirza Fakhrul, 59 BNP leaders and activists, including standing committee member Mirza Abbas, were accused in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul was arrested in the case on October 29 and has been in jail since then. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>