The High Court (HC) yesterday granted ad interim bail to six top Jamaat-e-Islami leaders including its chief and secretary general in four separate cases.
But the Jamaat leaders would not get released from jail following the HC orders, as they are accused in other cases.
The six leaders are Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid, Nayeb-e-Ameer Delawar Hossain Sayedee, Senior Assistant Secretary General Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, leader Abdul Kader Molla and its Dhaka city unit chief Rafiqul Islam Khan.
An HC bench comprised of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice AKM Abdul Hakim issued separate rules upon the government to explain why the six Jamaat leaders should not be granted regular bails in the cases filed against them on charges of obstructing police in discharging their duties and vandalising cars.
The bench came up with the orders and rules following separate bail petitions filed by the six Jamaat leaders, who were detained in June and July this year in connection with cases filed on charge of hurting religious sentiment of Muslim.
Nizami, Mujahid and Sayedee got bail in the cases filed on June 20 with Paltan police station.
Kamaruzzaman and Qader Molla got bail in the case filed on February 12 with Paltan police station and Rafiqul Islam Khan got bail in two cases filed on June 26 and 27 with New Market and Ramna police stations. The case filed with Ramna police station against Rafiqul was on charge of vandalising cars.