Amir Khasru sent to jail after remand

A court in Chattogram yesterday sent BNP leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury to jail on completion of his one-day remand in a case filed under ICT and Special Powers Act.

However, the BNP leader did not confess to his involvement in the phone conversation that was leaked earlier, said investigators and court sources.

The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Md Khairul Amin sent BNP standing committee member Khasru to jail after he was produced before the court by the Investigation Officer (IO) Sub-Inspector (SI) Sanjoy Guho after the remand, said Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) (prosecution) Nirmalendu Bikash Chawkrabarty.

According to the report which was submitted to the court by the IO after remand, Khasru admitted to being acquainted with Nowmi, said the court sources.

Seeking anonymity, a police official told The Daily Star that during interrogation, Khasru told the interrogators that he met Nowmi abroad when he was studying law there.

Earlier, on October 25, a Chattogram court granted one-day remand to Khasru in connection with the case filed under section 57 of the ICT Act and section 15 of the Special Powers Act with Kotwali Police Station after a phone conversation allegedly between Khasru and a BNP activist named Nowmi had been leaked.