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BNP leader Safu released on parole 

Senior Correspondent | banglanews24.com
Update: 2023-04-01 14:02:14
BNP leader Safu released on parole 

BNP's Volunteer Affairs Secretary Mir Sharafat Ali Safu was released on parole for six hours on Saturday (April 1) to join his elder brother's Namaz-e-janaza.

The Janaja of his elder brother Mir Arshad Ali will be held at Azimpur Chapra Mosque in the capital at 1.30pm today.

BNP chairperson's media wing member Shamsuddin Didar confirmed the matter.

He said Sapu was released on parole for six hours --from 11am to 5pm -- from Kasimpur Central jail and was allowed to attend his brother’s janaza. 

According to family members, Arshad Ali, a retired government official, died on Friday noon at BIRDEM hospital while undergoing treatment.

Safu, a former general secretary of Swechchhasebak Dal and former VP of Dhaka College Chhatra Sangsad, was arrested from his residence in Shankar of Dhanmondi on February 8 this year.

Later, he was shown arrested in a case filed with Hazaribagh Police Station over assaulting police and preventing them from discharging their duties. His name was not mentioned in the case.

On February 16, he was granted bail in the case. But he was shown arrested in an arson case filed with Ramna Police Station.

BDST: 1400 HRS, APR 01, 2023
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