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Bangladesh opposition leader among 34 charged with violence

Xinhua, March 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Bangladesh Police on Monday pressed charges against ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 33 others in a violence case.

Sub-Inspector Mominul Haque submitted the charge sheet in the case which was filed with a police station in Dhaka for allegedly vandalizing and torching a vehicle on Jan. 6 last year during a BNP's anti-government movement.

The hearing on whether the charges will be taken into cognizance is expected to be held on April 22.

A BNP spokesman who did not want to be named termed the cases filed against the party's leaders as "politically motivated" and said they would fight those legally. Endit