Gazipur: BNP vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury was freed from Kashimpur jail on bail on Friday.

Shamsher Mobin walked out of the jail at about 1:30pm, said Mohammad Nasir, jailer of the Kashimpur jail.

Only family members were present at the jail gate to receive him.

All documents about his bail reached the jail on Thursday night.

BNP vice- chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury was arrested from his Banani Old DOHS residence on 9 January 9 in a case filed over 24 December Bakshibazar violence. On 14 January, he was sent to jail.

On 20 May, The Supreme Court upheld the High Court orders which granted bail to the BNP leader in two criminal cases, clearing the way for his release from jail.