Thousands of people including leaders and activists of the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami have been granted bail in several cases filed during the quota reform movement violence, including the attack on Setu Bhaban.
Among those granted bail are BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, and Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar.
BNP allies appealed to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Wednesday seeking bail for the detained individuals who were arrested in connection with recent violence centering quota reform movement.
Earlier, lawyers held a meeting with justices regarding this matter.
The leaders and activists will be released by tomorrow if they do not have any previous cases against them.
On 1 August, the Dhaka Metropolitan Court placed six people, including BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, on a three-day remand each in a case filed over vandalizing and setting Setu Bhaban on fire on 18 July.
