A Dhaka court has rejected a case against some 400 people, including the home minister, the state minister and the inspector general of police, filed by a BNP leader for the July 4 'police action' on a party procession.
Magistrate Harun-or-Rashid of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Tuesday noon rejected the case after hearing, hours after it was filed.
BNP central committee member ANM Abed Raja filed the case against 400 people, including home minister Sahara Khatun, her deputy Shamsul Haque Tuku and IGP Hasan Mahmud Khandker.
Most of the accused in the case were unnamed police personnel.
Pro-Awami League lawyers brought out a jubilant procession after the dismissal of the case.
Raja alleged that the police had charged baton on a 'peaceful' procession of the party in front of its Naya Paltan headquarters on July 4, leaving him and several party leaders and activists injured.
The police said the demonstrations were organised without permission.
The BNP tried to hold the procession, followed by a rally, protesting against the indictment of party senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack case, they said.
Source : New Age
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