BNP leader Ishraque sent to jail on treason charges

BNP leader Ishraque sent to jail on treason charges

Dhaka, May 19 - A Dhaka court on Sunday sent BNP's International Affairs Committee member and former mayoral candidate of Dhaka South City Corporation, Ishraque Hossain, to jail by rejecting his bail petition in a case filed on charges of committing treason.

Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad As-Shams Joglul Hossain issued the order as Ishraque Hossain appeared before the court seeking bail in the case, said his lawyer Taherul Islam Tauhid.

According to the case statement, during a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on October 28 last year, Zahidul Islam Arefy recommended the US government to impose bans on various government departments and claimed to have frequent contact with President Biden.

The plaintiff also alleged that Ishraque endorsed Arefy's speech, inciting chaos to disturb the peace in the country.

Tauhid stated that his client, Ishraq, had secured bail for six weeks once already in the case. "As that period was about to end, he applied for bail in court again."

Tauhid further mentioned that the BNP leader applied for permanent bail in twelve cases, including the one with Paltan police station. "The court granted bail in all cases except this one and ordered him to be sent to jail."-UNB