HC orders Dhaka court to hear bail pleas of Mirza Abbas, Annie

 
The High Court on Sunday ordered Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court to hold hearings on the bail petitions of BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas and its Publicity Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie in separate cases over October 28 violence.

The HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Atabullah passed the order after hearing the petitions, UNB reports.

Advocate Joynul Abedin accompanied by advocate Sagir Hossain represented the BNP leaders while Deputy Attorney General Tushar Kanti Roy and Assistant Attorney General Salim Azad appeared for the state. The HC also directed the CMM court to dispose of those within 15 days as per law. On October 28, police filed these cases following the violence over the BNP's grand rally in Dhaka's Paltan.

Of them, 10 cases were filed against Mirza Abbas at Ramna, Paltan and Dhaka Railway Police Stations and two cases against Annie at New Market and Dhanmondi Police Station.

On January 10, the Dhaka CMM Court rejected their bail appeals.