DHAKA, Dec 13, 2022 (BSS) - A court here today dismissed bail pleas of 106 leaders and activists of BNP in a case lodged over their clash with police in Nayapaltan area on December 7.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Tofazzal Hossain passed the order as counsels for the accused, who are in jail now, pleaded for bail of their clients.

The same court also placed Azizur Rahman, general secretary of Swechchhasebok Dal's Dhaka north wing, on three-day remand in the case.

The court passed the order as police produced the accused before it and investigation officer and detective branch (DB) inspector Md Torikul Islam pleaded for five-day remand.

BNP men and police clashed in Nayapaltan area on December 7. Paltan Police Station sub-inspector Mizanur Rahman filed the case against 473 and 1,500-2,000 more unnamed persons over the incident.