Special Powers Act: Charges framed against BNP leader Aslam among 50

A Chattogram court today framed charges against 50 BNP men, including the party's joint secretary general Aslam Chowdhury, in a case filed under Special Powers Act for allegedly carrying out sabotage on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in 2013.

The court of 7th Additional Chattogram District and Session Judge ASM Shahidullah Kaisar framed the charges and fixed March 28 for recording the deposition of the witnesses in the case, said Public Prosecutor Iftekhar Saimum Chowdhury, reports our Chattogram staff correspondent.

Md Saifullah, sub-inspector of Sitakunda Model Police Station filed the case implicating BNP leader Aslam and 49 party other leaders and activists for allegedly carrying out sabotage during the countrywide blockade in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on November 10, 2013.

On September 9, 2018, police pressed charges against the 50.