A court in Comilla today rejected the bail petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case for instigating an arson attack on a bus on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in 2015.

The attack in Comilla's Chauddagram upazila left seven passengers dead and 25 to 30 others injured on February 3 of 2015.

Khaleda has been accused of instigating the arson attack. The BNP chief was shown arrested in the case on March 13.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Mustain Billah of Judicial Magistrate Court-5 rejectedthe bail prayer after holding a hearing on the petition, our Comilla correspondent reports.

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Meanwhile, terming the case politically motivated, Khaleda's lawyer Sanaullah Miah told journalists that they would appeal to the District Judge's Court after getting the certified copy of today's court order.