A Dhaka court on Thursday placed 11 people including president of Dhaka University Chhatra Dal on a four-day remand in a case filed under Special Power Act.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tahmina Haque passed the order when DB inspector and also the investigating officer of the case produced them with a seven-day remand prayer for each.
Those who remanded were identified as Mehedi Hasan Palash, joint convener of Krishak Dal, Bahauddin Nobel, Jakir Hossain, Khandaker Nazrul Islam, Sumon, Rakibul Islam, Nurul Amin Payel, Kaikobad Hossain Kabir, Liton Hossain and Jahangir Alam.
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Police arrested them from different parts of the capital on charges of attempting to foil the election on December 27.
Some 50,000 leaflets, bomb making materials, explosive substances, 15 crude bombs and five ‘chocolate’ bombs were recovered from their possession.
KM Mahbubul Alam, inspector of New Market Police Station filed the case under Special Power Act.
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