A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent convicted Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed Bir Bikrom , Vice Chairmen of BNP, to jail custody, in a case filed at Gulshan police station over sabotage.
On December 28, 2023 the same court sentenced Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed to 21 months in prison in the case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury passed the order after he surrenderred. Maj Hafizuddin could not appear in the court as he is under treatment in India and he returned home on March 3.
During hearing, Hafizs lawyer Taherul Islam Tauhid said they would file an appeal with the higher court challenging the legality of the sentence, so his client gets bail.
The case against him is that, on June 4, 2011, BNP leaders and activists gathered "illegally" on a road near Wireless Gate, Mohakhali. At the time, they allegedly obstructed and attacked the police and vandalised and set fire to cars on the road before leaving the area.
