Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court Judge Sadbir Yasin Ahsan Chowdhury passed the order when sub-inspector of Paltan Police Station Jahangir Hossain, also investigation officer of the case, produced them before the court seeking a 7-day remand for each.
Those remanded are Nazmul Hossain, president of BCL Paltan thana unit and activists Wahidul Islam, Arif, Sheikh Rahim, Rasel, Shah Alam Chanchal, Arif Hossain, Kawsar Ahmed Saif and Moazzem Hossain.
According to the case statement, the accused BCL men went to the office of Biswash Trade International in Paltan area on Tuesday and demanded extortion.
Failing to realise the money the BCL men vandalised the office and when police went to the spot they assaulted the policemen.
Later, police arrested 16 people from the spot.
Two cases – one on charge of extortion another on charge of assaulting cops were filed with Paltan Police Station.