Mirza Abbas walks out of jail
BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas was freed from jail on Monday after he secured bail in 11 cases filed in connection with violence during the party's political programme on 28 October last year.
The BNP leader walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 6:50pm, said BNP's media cell member Shayrul Kabir Khan.
Earlier in the day, a Dhaka court granted him bail in a case filed with Dhaka Railway Police Station for allegedly destroying state assets.
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Dhaka Judicial Magistrate Julhash Uddin passed the order after a hearing in the case against the BNP Standing Committee member, Mirza Abbas's lawyer Mohiuddin Chowdhury told reporters on the day.
Earlier on Sunday, the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court granted him bail in 10 cases, including the one filed over attacks on the chief justice's residence on 28 October.
Mirza Abbas was accused in a total of 11 cases in connection with the political violence centred around the BNP's grand rally at Nayapaltan on 28 October last year.
The Detective Branch (DB) police arrested Mirza Abbas on 31 October from Shahidbagh in Dhaka in a case filed with the Shahjahanpur Police Station under the Sabotage and Explosives Act.
On 1 November, a Dhaka court granted police a five-day remand of the BNP leader, following which he was sent to jail.
He was later arrested in another case filed with the Dhaka Railway Police Station.
