9 BNP-Jamaat men sent to jail in Sylhet

A Sylhet court has sent nine local leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami to jail rejecting their bail prayers in a case filed for subversive activities. They were identified as Minhaj Uddin Chowdhury, Shoaibur Rahman, Shamim, Alam, Shahnur, Shahjul, Mamun, Ramjan and Jamal. All are leaders and activists of Golapganj and Goainghat upazila units of BNP and Jamaat. As the BNP-Jamaat leaders and activists surrendered before Senior Special Tribunal and sought bail, Judge Manir Uddin Patwari of the District Sessions and Judge’s Court sent them to jail rejecting the bail prayers, according to a news agency.