BNP Chairperson's Advisor and also convener of the party's Dhaka South city unit, Abdus Salam and BNP's Publicity Affairs Secretary Shahiduiddin Chowdhury Annie got released from Keraniganj jail today (Jan 18). 

BNP media cell member Syrul Kabir Khan confirmed the matter. 

Earlier, both of them were arrested in front of the party's Nayapaltan headquarters on December 7 last year after a clash between police and the party activists in the capital’s Nayapaltan on that day.

Earlier on January 16, the High Court granted Abdus Salam and Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie six months' interim bail in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital's Nayapaltan on December 7, 2022. 

The HC bench of justice Md Akram Hossain Chowdhury and justice Shahed Nuruddin passed the bail order.

Earlier on January 7, a youth was killed and many others were injured as the police and activists of the BNP locked in a clash in front of the party central office at Naya Paltan in the capital. 

BDST: 1937 HRS, JAN 18, 2023
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