25 BNP men released on bail from Khulna jail

Twenty-five leaders and activists of BNP were released on bail from Khulna jail this afternoon.

Shamsuzzaman Chanchal, joint office secretary of BNP (Khulna metropolitan unit), confirmed the development to The Daily Star.

Police arrested the BNP men en masse between February 24 and February 27 from different areas of Khulna ahead of the party's rally in the city held on February 27, Chanchal said.

A Khulna court today granted bail to BNP men and they were released from jail afterwards, he added.

They are, Abdul Majid, Bashir Hossain, Shahadat Hossain Bablu, Md Suman, Shahajahan Sheikh, Yunus Munshi, Mizanur Rahman Khokan, Hayder Ali Labu, Shahriar Masum, Sheikh Ziaur Rahman, Haroon Molla, Molla Jakir Hossain, Gaffar Biswas, Sirajul Islam, Masud Khan Badal, Kabir Biswas, Kamruzzaman Tuku, Babul Hossain, Asaduzzaman, Shamim Ashraf of Chhatra Dal and Alauddin of Jubo Dal, and four others.