He made the comment when a lawyer asked him whether he would appoint a lawyer to defend him during the hearing on a five-day remand petition. The JMB chief made the same statement on March 23 and April 3 during the hearings on his remands.

The Detective Branch (DB) of police accompanied by the members of Rab took Rahman to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court amid tight security on expiry of his 10-day remand in the case filed for the August 17 blast near the Jatiya Press Club

In his forwarding report, DB Inspector Shah Mohammad Moshiur Rahman, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, said that Rahman was directly involved in the countrywide bomb blasts on August 17 last year, including the one near the Jatiya Press Club.

He needs to be quizzed further to find out vital information about the bombings and the whereabouts of other JMB leaders and members, the IO added.

After the hearing, Metropolitan Magistrate M A Salam granted the remand prayer.

Earlier, JMB military commander Ataur Rahman Sunny, operations commander of banned Harkatul Jihad (HuJi) Bangladesh chapter Mufti Abdul Hannan and JMB Gazipur regional commander Enayet Ullah were shown arrested in the same case and placed on remand.

REMAND OF SUNNY AND AWAL
JMB military commander Sunny and its Majlish-e-Shura member Abdul Awal were placed on fresh remands yesterday.

Sunny was placed on a five-day remand while Awal on a seven-day remand in the case filed with Ramna Police Station for August 17 blast on the Supreme Court premises.

CHARGES NOT FRAMED
Another Dhaka court yesterday could not frame charges against Sunny and eight others in two cases filed with Sabujbagh Police Station on September 12 last year, as they were not produced before it.

Judge Mohammad Shamsul Alam Khan of the First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court fixed May 16 as the hearing date and directed the authorities concerned to produce the accused before it on that day.