A Dhaka court on Sunday denied the bail pleas filed by suspended councilor Irfan Selim, also son of Awami League leader Haji Selim, and his bodyguard Zahidul Mollah in a case filed over assaulting a navy official.

The government has suspended Irfan Selim, the Councilor of Ward no 30 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), for assaulting an official of Bangladesh Navy.

Detectives arrested another associate of Irfan Selim from Tangail district early Tuesday in a case filed in connection with the assault on an official of Bangladesh Navy in the capital on Sunday night.

A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Monday sentenced Irfan Selim, son of Dhaka-7 MP Haji Selim, and his bodyguard Zahid to one year in jail for possessing illegal walkie-talkies and drinking liquor.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday said that those who are involved in the crime will be brought to book irrespective of their identities.

A Dhaka court on Monday placed Mizanur Rahman, driver of MP Haji Selim,  on one-day remand in a case over the assault of a Navy official.

Members of Rapid action Battalion (Rab) detained Irfan Selim, son of Dhaka-7 MP Haji Selim, from his father’s residence in Old Dhaka in the city on Monday on charge of "attacking" Lieutenant Wasif Ahmed Khan of Bangladesh Navy.