Khaleda files bail plea in Cumilla arson case

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday filed a bail petition with the High Court in a case filed under Special Power Act over torching of a covered van in Chouddagram, Cumilla in 2015.

Khaleda's lawyer Kaisar Kamal filed the petition with the concerned bench of the High Court on behalf of Khaleda, reports UNB.

The petition also sought cancellation of a Cumilla court order that denied her bail plea in the case.

Earlier on 13 September, judge KM Shamsul Alam of the district and session's judge court in Cumilla denied Khaleda, a former prime minister, bail in the case.

On 25 January 2015, a covered van was set on fire at Haiderpool of Chouddagram municipality on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

The following day, sub-inspector Nuruzzaman of Chouddagram police station filed a case against the BNP chairperson and 31 other leaders and activists of the party over the incident.