Dinajpur: A court here today sent former Chairman of Dinajpur Zila Parishad Md Delwar Hossain and nine others to jail rejecting their bail petitions in connection with a case lodged under subversive acts. Senior District and Sessions Judge of Dinajpur Md Alamgir Kabir passed the order this afternoon.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, those who were sent to jail include former Chairman of Dinajpur Zila Parishad and former President of District Jatiya Party Md Delwar Hossain, 74, his son Nishan Hossain, 25, Nababganj Upazila Awami League General Secretary Shah Md Ziaur Rahman, 48, Joint General Secretary Md Sanwar Hossain Mondal, 45, Joypur Union AL President and Upazila’s former Vice-Chairman Md Ainul Haque, 55, Md Azizul Haque, 62, Md Jaminur Rahman, 44, Md Mominul Islam, 35, Md Azizur Rahman, 65, and Md Sajedur Rahman Sabuj, 42.
Police sources reported that on August 4, 2024, at 2:00 pm, during the anti-discrimination student-public movement, the accused held a secret meeting at the Awami League office in Tapanghat area of Nawabganj upazila of the district. Following the meeting, leaders and activists of the Awami League and their affiliated bodies, carrying country-made weapons and explosives, allegedly attacked the student-public anti-discrimination procession in front of the party office. They reportedly acted on the orders of former MP Shibli Sadik and his uncle Delwar Hossain.
In the aftermath of the incident, Md. Nazrul Islam, a resident of Tapanghat village in Nawabganj upazila and a Swechchhasebak Dal activist, filed a murder case on January 8 against 500 unknown individuals, naming 75 accused, at the Nawabganj police station.
On May 18, the arrested accused applied for bail in the High Court, which instructed them to appear in the lower court for bail consideration. The Dinajpur District and Sessions Judge’s Court had previously granted them eight weeks’ bail on a security bond of Tk 5,000 each.
With the expiration of the eight-week bail period, the accused reapplied for bail through their legal representatives today. However, after considering their bail petition, the judge denied their request and ordered their incarceration.