38 of BNP sent to jail after curtailed remand
A Dhaka court yesterday sent 38 BNP leaders and activists to jail after police said no more remand was needed for them in three cases filed over Wednesday's violence.
The 38 are among 65 people arrested following a clash between BNP men and police in Nayapaltan.
After producing the 38 accused before the court, police said they gleaned enough information in two days from them.
On Thursday, a Dhaka court placed them on a five-day remand each and allowed police to interrogate 27 others at the jail gate for three days in the cases.
Later, police arrested seven other BNP leaders and activists including its executive committee member Nipun Roy Chowdhury in the cases. They are on five-day remand each since Friday.
Senior BNP leaders Mirza Abbas and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi are among 488 people named in the cases as accused.
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