Dhaka, March 6 -- A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent BNP leader (retired) Major Md Hafiz Uddin Ahmed to the jail in a 2011 political violence case in which he was sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury of Dhaka CMM Court passed the order rejecting the bail petition of BNP leader Hafiz, who appeared before the court in a wheelchair. The court also directed the jail authority to provide him first class division in jail custody following the Jail Code.
During Tuesday's hearing, Hafiz's lawyer Taherul Islam Tauhid said they would file an appeal with the higher court challenging the legality of the sentence, so his client should be granted bail.
On December 28 of last year, Major Hafiz, BNP Vice-Chairman (retire...