Bangladesh opposition leader granted bail in arson case
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Bangladesh’s opposition leader Khaleda Zia (photo by AFP)
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has surrendered to a court in connection with an arrest warrant over a deadly fire bombing attack on a bus but she was granted bail.
According to Press TV, the Dhaka magistrate court, which had issued an arrest warrant for the 70-yaer-old leader, granted her bail after she turned herself in on Tuesday.
“She surrendered to the court this morning and was granted bail in the arson case. She also got bail in four other cases,” Zia’s lawyer, Masud Ahmed Talukder, said, referring to long-standing cases of corruption and other charges.
Around 5,000 supporters of Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) had gathered in front of the court as she surrendered under tight security. The party had threatened to organize rallies across the country if she was arrested.
Last week, the court issued a warrant for her arrest on charges of instigating a fire-bomb attack on a bus that killed two people and injured dozens of others in January 2015.
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