41 BNP men including Aman, Bulu indicted in two cases

A special court on Monday framed charges against 41 leaders and activists of BNP including Amanullah Aman and Barkat Ullah Bulu in two separate cases lodged under Special Powers' Act and Explosives Substance Act.

Judge Fatima Kanika of Dhaka Special Tribunal-6 passed the order, setting 29 October for start recording deposition of the witnesses.

According to the case documents, leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat took position in front of National Bank on Rampura DIT Road on 3 February, 2015, during its nation-wide hartal. They threw petrol bomb on a passengers' bus, injuring one seriously. They also threw brickbats on police.

Rampura police station sub-inspector (SI) Babul Sharif filed the two cases on that day.