Controversial religious speaker Amir Hamza has been released on bail from Kashimpur High-Security Central Jail in Gazipur. He was released on bail in both cases on Thursday around 11:30 am. Hamza was arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crimes unit on May 24, 2021, on charges of spreading extremism among the youth through his religious sermons. On May 5, 2021, a 22-year-old named Abu Saqib was arrested in front of Dhaka’s National Parliament area. Saqib said he was planning to attack the parliament building with a sword after being provoked by Hamza’s sermons.

Source: bd News24 December 07, 2023 14:28 UTC