BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas have been given division facilities in jail, said state counsel on Tuesday (Dec 13).

Earlier in the day, Fakhrul's wife Rahat Ara Begum and Abbas's wife Afroza Abbas submitted two separate writ petitions to the High Court, saying their husbands were denied division in jail despite the orders of a lower court.

They said their husbands deserved division facilities in jail under the jail code as they are former lawmakers and ministers.

The HC bench comprising Justice KM Kamrul Kader and Justice Mohammad Ali fixed December 14 for delivering the order in this regard.

Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali, Advocate Zainul Abedin, Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Barrister Badruddoza Badal, Barrister Kaiser Kamal and Barrister Ruhul Kuddus Kajol appeared at the High Court bench on behalf of the writ petitioners, while Deputy Attorney General Abdullah Al Mahmud Bashar appeared on behalf of the state.

Abdullah Al Mahmud Bashar said: "The court asked to give them division on December 9. Accordingly, on December 13, their division facilities were given. I have placed the document before the court. Now this writ cannot continue."

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas are now in jail in a case filed over the December 7 clash between police and BNP men in the capital's Nayapaltan area.

A Dhaka court later rejected the bail petitions of 224 leaders and workers including Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas in the case.

BDST: 1908 HRS, DEC 13, 2022
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