Two cases have been filed against BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, LDP President Oli Ahmed and several other leaders and activists of the 18-party alliance for Sunday's violence.
Meanwhile, BNP leader Kamruzzaman Ratan, accused in both cases, was placed on a three-day remand on Monday. Nearly two hours into the filing of the cases, police arrested him at Mouchak around 1:00am Monday.
Of the cases, one was filed with Tejgaon Police Station for torching a vehicle near the Prime Minister’s Office while the other with Shahbagh Police Station in connection with the 'bomb' blast in the Bangladesh Secretariat during Sunday’s hartal hours.
Tejgaon police filed the vehicle torching case against 43 leaders and activists of BNP-led 18-party alliance around 11:00pm Sunday.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, party Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, party lawmaker Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anny, BNP leader Mirza Abbas and the chief of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are accused in both the cases.
Shahbagh police filed the blasts case nearly at the same time accusing 28 leaders and activists of the 18-party alliance.
Detective Branch (DB)of police picked up BNP leader Kamruzzaman Ratan from in front of Desh television office around 1:00am, Additional Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman, in-charge of Media and Community Service of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told The Daily Star Monday morning.
Ratan was shown arrested in the two cases, the ADC said.
The BNP leader was arrested when he was returning home after taking part in a talk-show on a private television channel, sources said.
In his immediate reaction after the cases were filed, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the cases were filed as a part of a conspiracy to harass them.
Rizvi was addressing a press briefing at the party central office in the morning in the awake of the situation.
He also came down heavily on the government for the cases and demanded immediate withdrawal of those.
Two 'bombs' went off -- one in front of the home ministry and another on a road adjacent to the Bangladesh Secretariat -- during the hartal enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance on Sunday to protest the government's 'failure to return' BNP leader M Ilias Ali.
The home ministry official said two youths riding a motorbike came to the spot from the High Court area and hurled two 'bombs' around 3:30pm, creating panic among the home ministry officials and pedestrians.
However, none was injured in the explosions.
On the other hand, two buses were torched Sunday evening -- one at Gulistan at about 7:30pm and another near the Public Service Commission office adjacent to the Prime Minister's Office around 8:30pm. No casualty was reported.
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