A Dhaka court on Thursday placed senior journalist and former Jatiya Press Club president Shaukat Mahmood on a five-day remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Fahmida Khandaker Anna passed the order when he was produced before the court.

On December 8, a Dhaka court sent journalist Shaukat to jail in the case.

The investigation officer of the case, Inspector Akhtar Morshed of DB Police’s Ramna Zonal team, sought a 10-day remand for questioning.

Shaukat was arrested on December 7 from Malibagh area of the capital in connection with a case filed against Bangladeshi-origin US citizen Enayet Karim Chowdhury over his involvement in a “conspiracy to topple” the interim government.

Sub-Inspector Azizul Hakim of Ramna Police Station filed the case on September 14, a day after Enayet’s arrest from the capital’s Mintoo Road area for suspicious movement in a Land Cruiser Prado SUV.

According to the case statement, Enayet, described as an agent of a foreign intelligence agency, was involved in a conspiracy to undermine public security and overthrow the interim government.

Shaukat Mahmood, a former BNP vice-chairman expelled from the party on March 21, 2023, recently returned to politics through Janata Party Bangladesh formed on April 25 this year.