Online Desk: High Court has granted ad interim bail to Dhaka District BNP general secretary Nipun Roy Chowdhury in a case filed against her over clash with police at Dholaikhal crossing in old Dhaka centering the BNP’s sit-in programme.

The HC bench of Justice Mostofa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Aminul Islam granted bail on Tuesday (August 1). Advocate Nitai Roy Chowdhury held hearing on behalf of Nipun at the court.

Earlier on Saturday (July 29), sub-inspector Nasir Uddin Howlader of Sutrapur Police Station, Dhaka filed the case against 24 named and 300-400 unnamed BNP leaders and activists over the clash with police at Dholaikhal.

BNP’s Organizing Secretary Abdus Salam Azad and Central Executive Committee member Nipun Roy were among the accused. On Saturday, the leaders and activists of BNP locked into a clash with police at Dholaikhal intersection after they started their sit-in program there.

Police fired tear gas at the BNP men to foil their program. In reply, the party activists hurled brick-chips to the law enforcers. Later, police detained Gayeshwar Chandra Roy from there around 12 noon and later, released him.