SB-Sujon, Lalmonirhat correspondent :
The court has sent municipal BNP president Afzal Hossain to jail in the murder case of Sramik League leader Jahangir discussed in Lalmonirhat.
Judge Mizanur Rahman of Lalmonirhat Sessions Judge Court refused bail and ordered to send him to prison when he surrendered to the court to take bail in Jahangir’s murder case on Tuesday (April 30) afternoon. Afzal Hossain is the organizing secretary of Lalmonirhat district BNP and the president of municipal BNP.
It is known that on October 29, 2023, a bloody clash took place in Mahendranagar of Lalmonirhat, centered on the hartal called by BNP-Jamaat and the peace rally of Awami League. Many people including Sramik League leader Jahangir were injured. Later, Jahangir died while undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital. Three days after the incident, Aminul Islam Khan, a resident of Kazirchawra village in Harati Union of Sadar Upazila and a member of Awami League Ward No. 1 of Harati Union, a resident of Kazirchawra village of Sadar Upazila, filed a murder case against 300-400 people including 81 names at Lalmonirhat Sadar police station.
Municipal BNP president Afzal Hossain was on interim bail from the High Court for a long time in that case. At the end of that bail period, he appeared before the Lalmonirhat District and Sessions Judge Court and applied for bail. District Sessions Judge Court Judge Md. Mizanur Rahman rejected his bail application and ordered to send him to jail.
Advocate Akmal Hossain Ahmed, Government Counsel of Lalmonirhat Court confirmed the matter.
