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Police yesterday rearrested two VIP prisoners including a former minister from jail gate for violating Emergency Power Rules

Former Awami League state minister engineer Mosharraf Hossain was arrested again from Kashimpur jail gate here on yesterday soon after his release on bail. Police arrested Mosharraf at about 2:45pm on charge of violating Emergency Power Rules when he came out of the jail. Later, he was taken to Joydevpur police station. The Awami League leader was again sent to the jail following a court order.

Earlier, Mosharraf was received by his two sons, relatives and supporters at the jail gate.

Police also rearrested HRC Group boss Sayeed Hossain Chowdhury at the gate of Dhaka Central Jail yesterday, shortly after he was released on bail, a prisons official said.

"Police arrested him in a separate case shortly after he was released around 2.30pm on bail by the High Court," jailer Faruque Ahmed told reporters.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate' Court for Dhaka had ordered him to jail after police arrested him on July 18 at his Gulshan home for 'violating emergency powers rules.'

He was charged under EPR with money laundering and a case was filed against him with Gulshan Police Station.

Sayeed Hossain is the founding chairman of HRC Group, and elder brother of Awami League leader Saber Hossain Chowdhury.

He is also the president of the board of editors of Bengali language daily Jay Jay Din.

Meanwhile, ex-BNP lawmaker and Jubo Dal general secretary Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail yesterday .

He walked to freedom shortly before 11:30 am Friday after the High Court last week awarded him bail for two months.

Alal was initially arrested on February 8 under Emergency Power Rules. He had previously been granted bail twice by the High Court but was rearrested from jail gates later.

Alal was happy with his release.

"Charges against me are politically-motivated, my previous arrests have proved that," Alal told reporters after his release.

He also demanded immediate release of Khaleda Zia and her ailing son Tarique Rahman.

Earlier, Alal was also released on parole for six hours after his mother died.

The BNP leader was elected lawmaker from Barisal-2 constituency in 2001 election.