BNP leader Aslam to walk out of jail

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court order that granted bail to BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury in a sedition case, clearing the way for his walk out of jail.
A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha dismissed a petition filed by the government seeking stay on the HC order.
Following the SC order, there is no legal bar for Aslam to get released from jail, his lawyer Shanjid Siddique told The Daily Star.
On May 18, the High Court granted bail to Aslam, joint secretary general of BNP, in the case.

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The sedition case was filed with Gulshan Police Station in Dhaka on May 26 last year against Aslam allegedly for hatching a conspiracy with Israel's Likud Party and its intelligence agency Mossad to oust the government. He was arrested from the capital's Khilkhet area on May 15 last year.
Aslam was also shown arrested in two cases filed with Motijheel and Lalbagh police stations in 2015 in connection with arson attacks during the BNP-led anti-government movement.