Dhaka BNP leader Mosharraf lands in jail after surrendering in court

Former Dhaka Metropolitan South BNP joint convener Mosharraf Hossain Khokon has been sent to jail after a court rejected his bail application in a decade-old sabotage case. The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Court issued the order on Sunday after Mosharraf surrendered before the court. Mosharraf’s lawyer, Rafiqul Islam Khan, said: “A Dhaka court sentenced Mosharraf Hossain Khokonto three and a half years in a case of burning a passenger vehicle in 2013. However, this vehicle does not exist. Today, when Mosharraf Hossain surrendered in that case and applied for bail, the court rejected the application and ordered him to be sent to jail.” The case was filed at Lalbagh Police Station in November 2013 on charges of sabotage. A charge sheet...