BNP leader Altaf Hossain sent to jail

A Dhaka court has ordered BNP Vice Chairman Air Vice Marshal (retd) Altaf Hossain Choudhury to be sent to jail in a case filed over vandalism of the chief justice's home during a clash between party men and police on October 28.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Sheikh Sadi on Sunday rejected his bail petition and passed the order after Ramna police station Inspector Abu Ansar, also the investigation officer of the case, produced him before the court.

Earlier in the day, the Rapid Action Batallion detained him in Uttara Dhaka.

According to law enforcement, before the start of the BNP's rally on October 28, the party's leaders and activists launched an attack on the chief justice’s residence. 

The police filed a case against 59 individuals from the BNP, including Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas, at Ramna police station.