Ishraque lands in jail over 'sabotage' case

A Dhaka court has issued an order to send former mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka's son and BNP leader Ishraque Hossain to jail after his arrest in a case filed over sabotage with the Motijheel police station.

Dhaka chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) on Wednesday passed the order.

Ishraque's lawyer Touhidul Islam confirmed this to Prothom Alo.

Courts sources said Ishraque got bail from the High Court in the case filed by police in November 2020. After the end of the tenure of bail, he was asked to surrender in the court. The court rejected his bail appeal as he didn't surrender.

Ishraque's lawyer Touhidul Islam said a Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant in a case filed with Motijheel police station. After receiving the arrest warrant, police arrested him and sent to the court. The court issued an order to send him to jail rejecting his appeal for bail.

According to the case statement, a vehicle was set on fire on the opposite side of Bangladesh Bank in a bid to burn employees and officials of Agrani Bank to death on 12 November 2020. Motijheel police station filed a case over sabotage against 42 people including Ishraque.