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Case under DSA: BNP leader Hafiz gets bail

Politics 2021-09-21, 5:22pm

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A tribunal in Barishal on Tuesday granted bail to BNP Vice-Chairman Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed.



Barishal, Sept 21 :  A tribunal in Barishal on Tuesday granted bail to BNP Vice-Chairman Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed in a case filed under the Digital Security Act(DSA).

Cyber Tribunal Judge Golam Faruk passed the order after hearing a petition in the case.

According to the case statement, Faridul Haque, president of Badarpur union unit Awami League of Lalmohan upazila in Bhola district filed a case against seven people including the BNP leader on December 28, 2018.

The case was filed under the DSA as a phone conversation between the BNP Leader and Babul Hawladar, another accused in the case, was leaked where the BNP leader made derogatory remarks about  the national election, reports UNB.