DHAKA: The High Court granted a six-month bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed with Shahbagh thana.

The HC bench of Justice Borhan Uddin and Justice KM Kamrul Kader passed the order after hearing on Monday.

Earlier on Thursday, Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Court rejected the bail plea of Fakhrul.

The case was filed after a person was killed in the capital`s Malibagh during a demonstration on November 30 last year.

On March 16, Fakhrul was sent to jail after he along with two other BNP leaders surrendered before a Dhaka court and sought bail in three murder cases.

BDST: 1217 HRS, APR 07, 2014