A Dhaka court on Thursday granted bail to Dhaka city north BNP convener Amanullah Aman and Swecchasebak Dal general secretary Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Juel.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzol Hossain passed the bail order after hearing the case filed with Paltan Police Station against 435 BNP men including Aman and Juel.
Earlier on Wednesday afternoon, police detained BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Dhaka city north BNP convener Amanullah Aman, BNP’s publicity secretary and media cell member Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas and Swecchasebak Dal general secretary Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Juel from Naya Paltan.
They were detained by law enforcement agencies during the clash between BNP activists and the police.
A man was killed and 18 others were injured during the clash between the police and BNP leaders and activists at the Naya Paltan area in the capital in the afternoon.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
