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 |  Subject: Saifur, Nizami, Mojaheed sent to jail................  Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:38 pm | |
| A special court Monday ordered BNP leader M Saifur Rahman, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami and secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed into jail in the Barapukuria coalmine case.
Their lawyers appealed to the judge Amar Kumar Roy to adjourn the hearing and 'uphold' the bails since the High Court was scheduled to give a ruling on Tuesday. But the prosecution said they were not on bail and hence be detained.
Deputy inspector general, prisons, major Shamsul Haider Siddiqui told US that the accused were sent to prison at 3:15pm.
Earlier, they arrived in special court on Monday after the High Court had ordered them to surrender to the trial court by Nov. 10.
Hundreds of Jamaat supporters chanting anti-government slogans flooded around the Jatiya Sangsad premises where the special court is located, while Manik Mia Avenue and Rokeya Sarani were closed as part of a tight security cordon around the area.
Nizami was the first to enter the Special Judge's Court-2 in the paeliament complex at around 10am, followed by Mojaheed. Saifur arrived at 11:30am.
The High Court had earlier ordered them to surrender to the trial court by Nov. 10 (Monday).
Lawyers of the accused said their clients would be surrendering as soon as court proceedings began.
Another accused in the case, former energy minister AKM Mosharraf Hossain, was sent to jail Sunday after surrendering to the court on Sunday. | |
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