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Ex-SP Babul placed on one-day remand
A Dhaka Court has put former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter on a one-day remand in a case filed by Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Chief Banaj Kumar Majumder under the Digital Security Act (DSA).
Judge Arafatul Rakib of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order after hearing on Thursday.
When Police sought a seven-day remand Shishir Monir, lawyer of the accused, opposed the remand prayer and requested for bail.
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After hearing both sides, the court rejected the bail plea and put him on remand.
Earlier in the morning, Babul was brought to the court from the central jail in Keraniganj.
Later, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ashek Imam accepted police’s request to show Babul arrested in the DSA case.
Md Rabiul Islam, Inspector (Operation) of Dhanmondi Police Station and the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case, filed a petition to take Babul on a seven-day remand on Wednesday, citing three reasons including proper investigation of the case.
On September 27, Jahangir Alam, Superintendent of Police (SP) of PBI (Dhaka Metro North), lodged a complaint against four people under the DSA with Dhanmondi Police Station on behalf of Banaj, which was later turned into a case.
The other three accused in the case are Md Habibur Rahman Labu, brother of Babul, Md Abdul Wadud Mia, father of Babul and journalist Ilias Hossain.
Ilias had published a video on his Youtube channel regarding the Mitu murder case some days ago, in which he had alleged that Banaj had intentionally implicated Babul in the case and the latter was tortured in custody.
Fardin’s death: Friend Bushra put on 5-day remand
A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Amatullah Bushra, who was arrested on Thursday morning in a case over the death of Buet student Fardin Noor Parash, on a five- day remand.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order when Golam Mawla, investigation officer of the case and Inspector of Rampura Police Station, produced her before the court seeking a seven-day remand for her.
Earlier, police arrested Bushra, a friend of Fardin- whose body was recovered from the Shitalakhkhya River on November 7- from her Banasree home in Dhaka today.
Police conducted a drive at Bushra’s house and arrested her in the morning, Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Rampura Police Station, said.
Earlier in the day, Kazi Nuruddin Rana, Fardin’s father, filed a case against Bushra and several unidentified people in connection with his son’s death with Rampura Police Station, said the OC.
Bushra is a 3rd year student of East West University.
Police recovered Fardin's body from the Shitalakhkhya river, behind a cotton mill at Siddhirganj, on November 7, three days after he went missing.
Read more: Deceased Buet student Fardin’s friend Bushra arrested
On November 4, Fardin left home and did not return. He was also unreachable on the phone.
Later, Fardin’s father lodged a general diary with Rampura Police in this regard.
Fardin was a 3rd year student of Buet’s civil engineering department and a resident of Qutubpur area in Narayanganj's Fatullah.
On Tuesday, Sheikh Farhad, a physician at Narayanganj General Hospital where the autopsy was done, said there were several injury marks on Fardin’s head and body.
Fardin’s father on Tuesday said that his son was murdered and demanded justice.
Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal leader sent to jail on expiry of remand
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal Sultana Ahmed to jail after expiry of her two-day remand in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA), on charges of making derogatory remarks about the prime minister.
Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal is the women front of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Tofazzal Hossain passed the order turning down her bail plea in the case.
Read: BNP women’s front leader sent to remand in case under DSA
Sultana Ahmed was placed on a two-day remand on Sunday after arrest from her residence in the city’s Gulshan.
On the same day, Abdul Hamid, former president of Gopalganj District Chhatra League, lodged a complaint at Paltan police station.
Attack on ex-justice Manik: 3 leaders of BNP, associate bodies remanded
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed three leaders of BNP and its front organisations on one-day remand each in a case over the attack on former Supreme Court Judge JAHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik.
Those remanded are- BNP’s Dhaka Metropolitan South unit joint convener Harunur Rashid Harun, Swechchhasebak Dal's Central Committee vice-president Rafiq Howlader, and Jubo Dal's central committee former vice-president Ali Akbar Chunni.
Dhaka's Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Tofazzal Hossain passed the order when the investigation officer of the case and sub-inspector of Detective Branch of police Md Forman Ali produced them before the court with a five-day remand prayer.
Read: BNP women’s front leader sent to remand in case under DSA
The counsel of the accused Masud Ahmed Talukdar submitted a petition seeking their bail after canceling the remand order.
On Tuesday, DB police arrested the trio from the city.
On November 3, 11 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal(JCD) were placed on a two-day remand in the case.
According to the case statement, the attack was made from a procession of the BNP in Nayapaltan area on November 2.
Read: Attack on ex-justice Manik: 11 JCD activists put on 2-day remand
The retired Supreme Court judge came under attack on this way to attend a TV talk show.
A case was filed against 50 unidentified BNP men in connection with the attack.
The former judge’s gunman Md Rafiqul Islam filed the case against the BNP men at Paltan police station.
BNP women’s front leader sent to remand in case under DSA
A Dhaka court on Sunday put the general secretary of Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal, Sultana Ahmed, on remand for two days in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA), on charges of making derogatory remarks about the prime minister.
Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal is the women’s front of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahidul Islam passed the order as the investigating officer and sub-inspector (SI) of Paltan police station Ashraful Alam produced her before the court with a seven-day remand prayer.
Also read: Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal leader held in city
Meanwhile, counsel for the accused Masud Ahmed Talukdar submitted a petition seeking her bail after canceling the remand order.
Earlier in the day, Abdul Hamid, the former president of Gopalganj District Chhatra League, lodged the complaint at Paltan police station against Sultana Ahmed.
Later, the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Sultana from her residence in the city’s Gulshan this morning.
Vorer Pata editor Ertaza on one-day remand in forgery case
A court in Dhaka on Wednesday granted a one-day remand to question daily Vorer Pata Editor and Publisher Kazi Ertaza Hassan in a case filed over forgery and fraudulence.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mosharraf Hossain granted the remand after Police Bureau of Investigation produced him before the court with a remand prayer for two days.
PBI Inspector Mehedi Hasan appealed for the remand while defence lawyer Kazi Najibullah sought bail for his client. After hearing, the court granted a one-day remand.
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During the court proceedings, the PBI said that the Ertaza has made fake documents by using officials of the Sub-Registrar’s office, and some other accused can be arrested with information taken from him during the remand.
Saiful Islam, brother of Ashiyan Group Chairman Nazrul Islam, filed the case with Khilkhet Police Station on January 1, 2022, naming four people. The other three accused are Abu Yusuf Abdullah, Chairman of the trustee board or Northern University, Riazul Alam and Selim Munshi.
Sources at the PBI said that Ashiyan group and Northern University are at loggerheads over land dispute. The campus of the Northern University used to be at the building where the office of Vorer Pata was located.
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According to the case statement, Yusuf had chosen a 5 bigha plot at Ashiyan Group’s project site in the capital’s Dakkhinkhan area for buying in 2013. On August 3, 2013, an agreement was signed between Northern University and Ashiyan Group on a Tk 300 non-judicial stamp at a cost of Tk 50 crore.
The agreement mentioned that the money was to be paid within August 30 of that year. But, Northern University paid only Tk 30 crore and embezzled Tk 20 crore by making forged documents falsely signed by Ashiyan Group Chairman Nazrul Islam. The fake document also showed the price of the land to be Tk 9.3 crore.
Yusuf and Riazul were earlier arrested by PBI. The information found during their questioning led to the arrest of Ertaza.
Narail vandalism: College student put on 3-day remand
Narail court has placed college student Akash Saha on a three-day remand in a case over a Facebook post that allegedly hurt religious sentiment in Lohagara upazila of the district.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Morshedul Alam passed order on Sunday after investigating officer of the case Makfur Rahman, also sub-inspector (SI) of Lohagara police station, sought a seven-day remand to interrogate him.
Police arrested Akash Saha from Khulna Saturday night.
Besides, another case was filed against 200 to 250 people at Lohagara police station on Sunday night in connection with the vandalism of houses and shops and attacks on two temples in Sahapara, said Sheikh Abu Hena Milon, officer-in-charge of the police station.
Read: Narail vandalism: Youth held over Facebook post ‘hurting religious sentiment’
On Friday, an angry mob went on a rampage in Lohagara upazila of Narail district damaging at least two houses of the Hindu community and several shops at Digholia Bazar following the Facebook post by the youth.
Haran Chandra Pal, officer-in-charge of Lohagara police station, said the college student belonging to the Hindu community posted a remark on Facebook hurting religious sentiments on Friday.
As the news spread like wildfire, a group of local people thronged Digholia Bazar and vandalised two houses and six shops that night. They also set one of these houses on fire over the issue, the OC said.
They also vandalised chairs and sound boxes of Shahapara temple and tin roof of Akhrabari temple during the mayhem.
On information, police rushed to the spot and fired in the air to bring the situation under control. Additional police forces were deployed in the area to avert further trouble.
‘Instigating suicide’ of businessman: Two put on 2-day remand
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed two top officials of Amin Manufacturing Company on a two-day remand each over ‘instigating the suicide’ of businessman Gazi Anis who set himself on fire in front of the Jatiya Press Club.
The accused are Managing Director Nurul Amin and Director Fatema Amin of the company.
Read: Two detained for instigating self-immolation of businessman
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Mostafa Reza Noor passed order after the investigating officer of the case Golam Hossain Khan, sub-inspector (SI) of Shahbagh police station, sought a seven-day remand to interrogate them.
The court also rejected the bail pleas of the accused.
On Tuesday evening, Rab detained the duo after conducting a drive in the city’s Uttara area.
Nazrul Islam, a brother of the victim, filed a case with Shahbagh police station on Tuesday accusing the detainees for instigating suicide of the victim, said SI Golam Hossain.
Gazi Anis, 45, a vendor on contract from Kushtia's Kumarkhali upazila, took the extreme step at 5pm on Monday "out of frustration" after Henolux, the company, refused to settle his dues of Tk1.26 crore, according to some journalists.
Read:Kushtia man, who set himself on fire outside Press Club, dies
Journalists and law enforcers present at the scene poured water on him and rushed him to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in a critical condition.
Anis had suffered 85 percent burns and kept on life support at the hospital.
He succumbed to his injuries at 6am Wednesday, said Bacchu Mia, inspector in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police outpost.
Narail teacher's humiliation: 4 put on 3-day remand
A Narail court on Sunday placed four accused in a case over the humiliation of a college teacher in the district on a three-day remand.
The accused are mobile phone mechanic Shaon, auto-rickshaw driver Rimon, madrasa teachers Monirul Islam and Rahmat Ullah Rony.
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Narail Judicial Magistrate Court-2 Judge Amatul Morsheda passed the order after the investigating officer of the case sought a five-day remand to interrogate them.
On June 18, a Hindu student of Mirzapur United Degree College made a post on Facebook supporting suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
There was day-long unrest in the college over the post and rumours that acting principal Swapan Kumar Biswas had sided with the student, following which police escorted him out of the campus. At one stage, a group of people forced him to wear a garland of shoes.
A video of the incident also went viral on social media that sparked huge criticism.
Later, the accused, who made the Facebook post, was arrested and a case was filed against him under the Digital Security Act.
On June 26, two probe committees were formed led by Additional District Magistrate Jubayer Hossain Chowdhury and by Additional Superintendent of Police Md Riazul Islam.
Read: Directive issued to stop using mobile phones in Narail schools, colleges and madrashas
On June 27, three more were arrested in another case filed at the Sadar Police Station police for setting teachers’ vehicles on fire and obstructing police duty.
Police also arrested Rahmat Ullah Roni, the prime accused in this case, from Khulna on June 29.
Shahjahanpur double murder: 5 including AL leader put on 5-day remand
A Dhaka Court on Sunday placed an Awami League leader and four others on five-days' remand over the murder of an Awami League politician and a female college student in Shahjahanpur.
The accused are Omar Faruk, 52, general secretary of No 10-ward unit of the Awami League, and Abu Saleh Shikder alias shooter Saleh, 38, Nasir Uddin alias Killer Nasir, 38, Morshedul Alam alias Kayla Palash, 51, and Arfanullah Damal.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Mostafa Reza Nur passed the order when the investigation officer Yeasin Shikder, inspector of the Detective Branch of Police, produced them before the court with 10-day remand prayer.
On Friday night, the Awami League politician was among four people detained by the elite Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in connection with the Shahjahanpur shooting.
Also read: Shahjahanpur double murder: Ruling AL politician among 4 held
On the night of March 24, AL politician Zahidul Islam Tipu, who was on a microbus, and Samia Afrin Priti, a 22-year-old college student, who was returning home on a rickshaw, were killed in firing in front of Islami Bank Hospital.
Tipu was a former general secretary of the AL Motijheel committee and Priti was a student of Begum Badrunnesa Government College. Tipu’s driver was also injured in the firing.
They were all stuck in a traffic jam in the area when a biker wearing a helmet and a mask appeared from nowhere and fired at them.
The next day, a case was filed against unidentified people over the double murder.
Also read: Shahjahanpur double murder: Second suspect put on 1-day police remand
On March 27, police arrested Akash, 34, the prime accused in the double murder case from Bogura district. The next day, a Dhaka court placed Akash on a seven-day police remand for custodial interrogation.
On March 31, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detectives arrested Arfanullah conducting a drive in the city’s Kamalapur area. He was placed on one-day remand on Friday.