Dhaka: A Bangladeshi court on Monday issued
an arrest warrant against a top leader of a key Islamist party
which is a crucial ally of the main opposition BNP.
The Second Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
issued arrest warrant against Fazlul Haque Amini, the
controversial chairman of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote
(IOJ), and four others for assaulting a student.
The Second Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
issued arrest warrant against Fazlul Haque Amini, the
controversial chairman of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote
(IOJ), and four others for assaulting a student.
"The Second Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Abu
Zafar Mohammad Kamruzzaman) asked police to arrest them," in
accordance with a plea of the victim Sharif Hossain, a court
official said.
Hossain alleged that Amini and the four others assaulted
him for refusing to join a rally by IOJ.
The Amini-led IOJ faction is an ally of Bangladesh
Nationalist Party (BNP).
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, January 03, 2012, 00:05