BNP lawmaker Shahid Uddin Chowdury Annee and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) General Secretary Saiful Islam Nirob got ad-interim bail in the taxi cab torching case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Shahdat Hossain on Sunday granted them bail with two guarantors after Annee and Nirob along with their lawyers appeared before the court and sought bail in the case.
During the hearing, lawyers told the court that their clients surrendered before the High Court (HC) on June 20 seeking anticipatory bail in the case. The HC directed them to appear before the lower court within four weeks without granting bail. Showing respect to the higher court order, their clients surrendered before the court seeking bail, lawyers said.
According to the prosecution, a group of people led by Annee, JCD President Sultan Salauddin Tuku and Nirob damaged and torched a taxi cab in front of Orchard Point Market in the city's Dhanmondi area about 8:15pm on June 12, the day before hartal enforced by the opposition BNP.
They also looted valuables from the passengers of the taxi cab and attempted to kill them, the prosecution added.
Source : The Daily Star
