Hefajat leader Mufti Izhar sent to jail

A Chittagong court yesterday sent Hefajat-e Islam Nayeb-e-Ameer Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury to jail in connection with a blast at his madrasa around two years ago.

Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Abdul Kader passed the order after he was produced before the court by the detectives, said court sources.

Izhar, who had been on the run, was arrested in front of his Al Jamiatul Ulum Al Islamia Madrasa in the city's Lalkhan Bazar on Friday.

On October 7, 2013, a powerful explosion took place in a room of a student dormitory of the madrasa, killing three people.

Following the incident, police recovered four homemade grenades and a large amount of bomb-making materials from the madrasa.

The next day, a case was lodged under the Explosive Substances Act with Khulshi Police Station. Izhar and his son Harun Bin Izhar were made the prime accused. Two other cases, including one for murder, were also filed in connection with the blast incident.