SC to decide June 28 on govt opposition to Fakhrul's bail

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed June 28 for passing orders on the government petitions against bail of BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three cases.

The court also asked Attorney General Mahbubey Alam to inform it about the status of investigations of the cases.

It is not possible for the High Court bail orders to be executed as the government petitions against the bail orders are pending before the apex court, AKM Ehsanur Rahman, a lawyer of Fakhrul, told The Daily Star.

The HC on June 18 granted bail to the BNP leader in three separate vandalism and arson cases filed on December 28 last year and January 4 and 6 this year.

Three days later the government filed three petitions with the SC seeking stay on the HC orders.

The BNP leader was detained from Jatiya Press Club on January 5, and later on, he was shown arrested in seven cases. 

Meanwhile, the HC granted permanent bail to BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in a vandalism and arson case.

Police filed the case on December 24 last year on charges of vandalising and setting fire to the car of Netrakona-1 MP Chhabi Biswas and preventing law enforcers from discharging their duties at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Gayeshwar, however, cannot get release from jail as the SC has stayed a HC order that earlier granted him bail in another vandalism case, his lawyer Nitai Roy Chowdhury told The Daily Star.

Gayeshwar was arrested by police on December 26 last year in a case filed on the charge of planning subversive acts.