Dhaka, 31 Jan – A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent BNP Standing Committee Member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a case filed for attacking policemen and vandalising vehicles in Dhaka city.
The court also ordered to interrogate party leader Farid Ahmed Jwel at the jail gate in the same case.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate court Mahmudul Hasan passed the order rejecting their bail prayers and remand petitions against them in the case filed with Ramna Model Police Station.
Gayeshwar was arrested in front of Police Plaza on Tuesday night while other BNP leaders from different parts of Dhaka city. The court also placed Anindya Islam Anik, son of BNP leader Tariqul Islam, on a three-day remand and 35 others out of the 38 accused on a two-day remand in the same case.
The same court put 18 other BNP leaders on two-day remand in two cases filed with Shahbagh Police Station. Three cases have been filed against several hundred BNP men, including its frontline leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, over yesterday’s Tuesday’s incident near the High Court in the capital.
Two cases were filed with Shahbagh Police Station Tuesday night for attacking a prison van near High Court area while another case was filed with Ramna Model Police Station for beating policemen and vandalising vehicles. According to primary statement, all the cases allege obstructing on duty police, attacking police, destruction of state property and disrupting the law and order situation.
Hundreds of BNP men allegedly swooped on police on Tuesday and snatched away some of their fellows who were detained. In the process, three policemen were injured and a prison van was vandalised. The The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon when the motorcade of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was crossing the area on way to her Gulshan residence from a court of Bakshibazar area. – Special Correspondent
