DHAKA, Aug 06, 2024 (BSS) - Separate Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Courts
here today granted bail to around 2,200 men including leaders and activists
of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in cases lodged over recent turmoil across the
country marking quota reform movement.

The accused that have been granted bail include BNP standing committee
members Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Nazrul Islam Khan, Senior Joint
Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Shamsur Rahman alias Shimul Biswas,
Saiful Alam Nirob, Rafikul Alam Maznu, Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam
Parwar and Bangladesh Jatiya Party Chairman Andaleev Rahman Partho.

Thousands of people had been arrested across the country as agitated students
took to the streets, demanding reform quota in government jobs.