A Dhaka court on Sunday sent six leaders of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami to jail in a case lodged over vandalising and setting Setu Bhaban in Dhaka on fire on July 18.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rashidul Alam passed the order as police produced the accused before the court after their three-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep them behind bars till the end of the probe.
The six accused are BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, its organizing secretary Qazi Sayedul Alam Babul, publicity affairs secretary Sultan Salauddin Tuku, Dhaka North City unit member secretary Aminul Haque, Bagerhat district convener MA Salam and Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Miah Golam Parwar.
The same court on August 1 placed the six accused on a three-day remand each in the case.
A mob of 250-300 people on July 18 stormed into the premises of Setu Bhaban, vandalised many vehicles, and motorbikes, ransacked different sheds and rooms, and later set those on fire.
They also attacked and beat many employees black and blue.