<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The High Court (HC) on Monday ordered Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court to hold hearing of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s bail petitions&nbsp; in 10 cases filed with Ramana and Paltan police stations over October 28 violence.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The court also issued a rule seeking explanation as to why not disposing of his bail petitions should not be declared illegal.</div><div><br></div><div>The HC bench comprising Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Atabullah passed the order after hearing a petition.</div><div><br></div><div>Advocate Joynul Abedin accompanied by advocate Sagir Hossain Leon represented BNP leader Fakhul and Deputy Attorney General Tushar Kanti Roy stood for the state.</div><div><br></div><div>On Thursday, Fakhul submitted a writ petition seeking directives from the High Court to dispose of his 10 cases upon acceptance of bail petitions.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the cases, seven were filed with Paltan police station and the rest with Raman police station following the violence over the BNP’s grand rally in Dhaka on October 28.</div><div><br></div><div>The cases are under trial at the CMM court while Fakhul was also shown arrested in case after the writ petition was submitted.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on December 12, bail petitions were submitted to the CMM court in the 10 cases but the court rejected it.</div><div><br></div><div>Following this, the BNP leader moved the HC seeking directives in this regard.</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.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, he was made accused in nine more cases. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>