A Dhaka court has sentenced 25 activists of the BNP and its affiliate organisations to three years in jail each for vandalism, reports bdnews24.com. 68 BNP faction, and Razia Alam aka Razia Sultana, president of the Dhaka South Mohila Dal. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Sheikh Sadir delivered the verdicts in the absence of the defendants, said Neehar Hossain, a member of their defence team. The court heard the arguments for the prosecution and defence and recorded the statements of three witnesses for the prosecution. A case was filed against 25 suspects at Bangshal Police Station over the incident.

Source: bd News24 December 11, 2023 05:59 UTC