Ex-JCD leader freed on bail from Narayanganj jail
Former Narayanganj District Chhatra Dal president Zakir Khan was released from jail on bail.
The former JCD leader walked out from the Narayanganj jail at around 10:15am, said Jail super Md Forkan Wahid.
Hundreds of his followers received him at the jail gate in a showdown and paraded the city in a motorcade involving hundreds of motorcycles and cars.
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Zakir was shifted to the Narayanganj jail from Kashimpur jail on 19 March.
Traffic congestion was seen on Dhaka-Narayanganj link road following the showdown.
According to the court sources, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Zakir from Dhaka's Bashundhara area on 3 September 2022.
He was wanted in 33 cases, including four murder cases. Later, he secured bail from all the cases in phases.
On 7 January, a court acquitted him in a case of killing businessman Sabbir Alam.
