Dhaka, May 25 (UNB) – A court here on Wednesday issued warrants for the arrest of 27 BNP leaders in an arson case filed with Jatrabari Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Qamrul Hossain issued the arrest warrants against the 27 BNP leaders, including its senior leaders Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, Sultan Salauddin Tuku, Maruf Kamal Khan and Mir Sharafat Ali Sapu, taking cognisance of the charges pressed against them by police. The court also directed the investigation officer of the case to submit a report by July 18 on execution of the arrest warrants. Police submitted the chargesheet against 38 BNP men, including Khaleda Zia, in the case on May 18, 2015. Khaleda Zia and six other accused are now on bail while four others in jail. Earlier on January 23 last year, at least 29 people suffered burn injuries as miscreants hurled two petrol bombs at a Glory Paribahan bus at Katherpul of Jatrabari around 9:30pm on its way to Rupganj from Gulistan. One of the injured, Nur Alam, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on February 1, 2015. Sub-inspector of Jatrabari police station KM Nuruzzaman filed two cases — one for killing and the other for hurling petrol bombs — under the Special Powers Act on January 24 showing Khaleda as the mastermind behind the incident.
