Dhaka: BNP-backed Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayoral candidate Mirza Abbas is in High Court now to attend the hearing on his bail plea in three cases.

The hearing will take place at about 2:30pm.

Mirza Abbas on Sunday filed separate petitions with the High Court seeking interim bail in three cases.

Khandker Mahbub Hossain and Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon filed the bail pleas with the HC bench Justice Quamrul Islam Siddique and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore on behalf of the BNP leader.

On 28 December 2014, police filed a case against the BNP standing committee member, Mirza Abbas, with Paltan Police Station on charge of torching a bus and exploding crude bombs.

On 4 January this year, Mothijheel police filed another case against Abbas under the Explosive Substances Act.

On 6 March last year, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the other case against some people with Shahbagh Police Station for graft allegation in plot allotment.

Although the name of Abbas was not included in the FIR, he filed the bail plea in the case ‘fearing arrest’.

The affidavit the BNP leader submitted to the Election Commission with the nomination paper shows there are 37 criminal cases against Abbas now and he was accused in 24 cases in the past.