Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s court lodged a sedition case against BNP leaders, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and three others.
The case was lodged by president of the Jononetri Porsihod, AB Siddiqui. The others accused in the case are: BNP standing committee member, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and senior joint secretary general, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
The case report states that on Aug 4 an audio clip by Amir Khosru became viral where he was allegedly heard asking a person called Naumi to come to Dhaka from Cumilla and go out on the road with people to join the students’ movement.
It further added, at the order of Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, BNP activists infiltrated the students’ safe road campaign and set fire to two buses belonging to ENA Transport, vandalized AL office, fired gun shots in Mirpur and instigated scuffles.