UNB, Dhaka :The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna in a sedition case filed against him with Gulshan Police Station in the city.A two-member HC bench comprising Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah passed theorder after disposing of a rule. On March 21, the HC issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why the Nagarik Oikya leader would not be granted bail in the case.However, Manna cannot be released from jail as he was arrested in another case filed with the same police station. On February 24 last year, plainclothes police arrested Manna from a house in the city’s Banani area and handed him over to police the following day.
