Kashimpur Central Jail
BNP leader Pintu freed after 17 years behind bars
BNP Vice Chairman Abdus Salam Pintu walked free on Tuesday from Kashimpur Central Jail after spending nearly 17 years behind bars.
His release follows an acquittal order by the High Court in the 21 August grenade attack case, with the necessary documents reaching the jail late last night.
He stepped out of the prison shortly after 11 am, greeted by an enthusiastic crowd comprising family members, party leaders and activists. They welcomed him with floral garlands and celebratory processions.
Pintu, a former deputy minister in the BNP-led government, was arrested in connection with the much-talked-about grenade attack on an Awami League rally in 2004. The attack, which claimed the lives of 24 people and injured over 300, is considered one of the most heinous political crimes in Bangladesh's history.
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On October 10, 2018, a trial court sentenced Pintu, along with 18 others, to death in the case.
Among the convicts were Lutfozzaman Babar, a former state minister for home affairs.
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, Khaleda Zia’s political secretary Harris Chowdhury, and senior BNP leader Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad were sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Pintu, who had long been involved with the BNP, was the founding general secretary of the Tangail District BNP and served as a Member of Parliament for Tangail-2 (Gopalpur-Bhuiyanpur) in the 1991, 1996, and 2001 national elections.
In 2001, he was appointed as a deputy minister under the BNP-led coalition government.
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Khadija sits for examination shortly after release from jail
Khadijatul Kubra, a student of Jagannath University (JnU) who was released from Kashimpur central jail securing bail in two DSA cases on Monday (November 20, 2023) morning, sat for an examination shortly after her release.
Khadija was released from Kashimpur Women's Prison at 9 am on Monday and went directly to Jagannath University to take part in the semester final exam.
Although the exam started at 10 o'clock, she entered the hall at 11:30 am. She sat the exam in the fourth semester with two semesters lost.
Her elder sister Sirajum Monira said, "We came to the prison early in the morning. Then Khadija was released at 9 am. Khadija's semester final exam starts today that's why we came early in the morning."
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Earlier, Khadija secured bail last Thursday. The bail order reached the jail authorities on Sunday evening.
Despite waiting a long time on Sunday, her relatives had to return without her because she was not given the permission to release.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday upheld a High Court (HC) order that granted bail her in two cases under the Digital Security Act (DSA) in 2020.
In October 2020, police filed two cases against Khadija and retired Maj Delowar Hossain at the Kalabagan and New Market Police Stations for 'spreading anti-government propaganda and harming Bangladesh's reputation.'
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The allegations in the two cases filed a week apart, were similar.
Police arrested Khadija on September 17, 2022. She had been in jail since then.
According to the case details, Khadija and Delowar conspired to broadcast false, fabricated, and defamatory propaganda about the Prime Minister, various government agencies, and senior state officials in order to oust the country's legitimate administration. They were aiming to destroy communal harmony through their conspiracy by promoting enmity, hatred, and division among various communities, it said.
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Khadija was 17 when the cases were filed under the Digital Security Act in 2020, but the case was filed showing her as an adult, according to her lawyer. Despite having kidney disease, Khadija's bail petitions were repeatedly denied by a Dhaka court.
On February 23 this year, Khadija was granted bail by the HC in the cases. The state filed a petition challenging the bail.
On July 10 of the year, the Appellate Division suspended the bail of Kubra for four months in two cases.
During the hearing, Khadija's lawyer Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua argued that she was not accountable for the opinions expressed by guests in videos on her YouTube channel.
Read more: JnU student Khadija’s bail suspended for 4 months in DSA cases
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70-year-old death row convict dies at DHMC
A 70-year-old death row convict died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Wednesday night, police said.
Manik Mia, an inmate of Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur, was undergoing treatment at Shaheed Tajuddin Medical College Hospital for the last few days after he fell seriously sick.
The 70-year-old, from Tangail's Mirzapur, was referred to DMCH today as his condition started to worsen, Ismail, assistant chief prison guard of Kashimpur Central Jail, said.
Read more: Prisoner dies while undergoing treatment at Gazipur hospital
Manik was declared dead at the emergency department of DMCH at 8.05pm, he added.
The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy, Inspector Bachhu Miah, in-charge DMCH Police Outpost, said.
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Cartoonist Kishore released from Kashimpur
Cartoonist Kabir Kishore was released from Kashimpur Central Jail on Thursday, a day after the High Court granted six-month bail to him in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA).
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Prisoner dies in Kashimpur Jail
A prisoner, sentenced to life behind bars, died in Kashimpur Central Jail on Saturday.
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Laxmipur double murder: Condemned convict hanged at Kashimpur Jail
A condemned convict was hanged on Sunday night at Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur for killing his pregnant wife and two-year-old daughter in 2006.
4 years ago
47 Vietnam returnees freed from Kashimpur jail
Forty-seven Bangladeshi workers, who were sent to jail after returning from Vietnam, were released from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on Tuesday following the court's directive.
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Prisoner missing from Kashimpur jail: 2 more jail guards suspended
The authorities of Kashimpur Central Jail has suspended two more jail guards on Saturday for their negligence after a prisoner was found missing in the jail.
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