2013 mayhem in Dhaka: 2 Hefajat leaders placed on seven-day remand
A Dhaka court today placed two top leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam on a seven-day remand each in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.
The two leaders are: Dhaka City unit President Maulana Zunayed Al Habib and Assistant Secretary General Maulana Jalaluddin Ahmed.
Maulana Zunayed is also the joint secretary general of Hefajat, a Qawmi madrasa-based Islamist organisation.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shahinur Rahman passed the order after Md Kamrul Hassan Talukder, an inspector of Detective Branch of Police and also the investigation officer of the case, produced them before the court with a 10-day remand prayer.
In the remand prayer, the IO said the two leaders and other FIR-named accused were directly involved with the incident on May 5, 2013, in the city's Paltan area.
"Moreover, they refused to disclose the names of others who were responsible for the incidents and that is why they need to be remanded to gather information about the whereabouts of the others accused," the IO added.
On the other hand, the defence submitted a petition seeking cancellation of the remand prayer, saying that their clients were not involved with the incidents. They were implicated in the case as part of a conspiracy to harass them, the defence added.
Upon hearing both the sides, the magistrate rejected the defence pleas and placed them on a seven -day remand for quizzing about the incident.
Detectives arrested Zunayed from the city's Baridhara area yesterday evening and Jalaluddin from Mohammadpur area the same day.
They were also involved in the recent incidents of Hefajat mayhem during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh and the subsequent hartal called by Hefajat on March 28.
On May 5, 2013, thousands of Hefajat members clashed with law enforcers and ruling AL men, turning Motijheel and Paltan areas into battlefields.
A total of 83 cases were filed in seven districts, including Dhaka, accusing 3,416 named and 84,796 unnamed people. Many of the accused were from Hefajat, Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP.
Police have pressed charges in 18 cases and given final reports in two other cases. Investigations of 62 others have been stalled.
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