Rizvi on 5-day fresh remand
A Dhaka court yesterday placed BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed on a five-day fresh remand in another arson case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rezaul Karim passed the order after Detective Branch of police Sub-inspector Zahidul Islam, also investigating officer of the case, produced him before the court with a 10-day remand prayer.
In one of the worst arson attacks on public transport, a person was killed and at least 27 people suffered burns as two petrol bombs, thrown by suspected blockaders, exploded inside a bus in the capital's Jatrabari on January 23.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was named as the mastermind behind the attack while Rizvi as the instigator in the case.
On February 1, another Dhaka court sent the BNP leader on a three-day remand for torching a bus at Badda in the capital. Rizvi was produced before the court yesterday on completion of the remand period.
In the yesterday's remand prayer, the investigation officer said Rizvi's name is in the first information report, and he was directly involved in the arson attack in Jatrabari. So, he needs to be remanded to find out the whereabouts of the fugitive accused.
Opposing the plea, the defence told the court that their client was named in the case as part of a “conspiracy to harass him politically”.
Rizvi was suffering from different ailments. So, they prayed for rejecting the remand prayer and granting him bail in the case, the defence lawyers said.
After the hearing, the magistrate granted the remand prayer.
The BNP leader was arrested in the capital's Baridhara on January 31 for his alleged links with the recent violence and subversive activities.
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