<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The High Court has set January 3, 2024 for hearing on the rule issued on question of the bail of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed over the attack on Chief Justice's residence during his party’s grand rally on October 28.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The HC bench of Justice Md Selim and Justice Shahed Nuruddin set the date for the hearing.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul’s lawyer Advocate Zainul Abedin confirmed the news to the media.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on December 7, the High Court issued a rule asking the government to explain why Fakhrul should not be granted bail in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>The government was asked to respond to the rule within a week.&nbsp;</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 a 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>