Madrasa principal on 2-day remand

A court here yesterday placed on two days' remand madrasa principal Faijul Amin Sarkar, who in a doa mahfil on the Victory Day sought heaven for the killers of Bangabandhu.

Judge Golam Kibria of Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court passed the order after hearing, said Abdul Jalil, court inspector (prosecution).

Earlier on Sunday, Gopalpur police produced Faijul, 50, to the court, following a case filed against him by Abdul Kadir Talukder, former commander of Gopalpur Muktijoddha Sangsad, on Saturday night.

The case was filed under Section 16 of Special Powers Act, 1974.

Investigation officer of the case, Sub-Inspector Abdul Hye on the same day prayed for five days' remand for quizzing Faijul.

After hearing on the remand prayer, the court yesterday granted the two-day remand, the court inspector said.   

Gopalpur upazila administration organised the doa mahfil at Muktijoddha Sangsad office on December 16, the Victory Day. People were supposed to place wreaths at the mural of Bangabandhu at the office after prayers.

There was a commotion after Faijul while conducting the doa said, "May Allah grant heaven for those who were hanged for killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975."

Police detained Faijul on the spot.

Faijul, hailing from Bhangura Bazar (Puratan Muradnagar) area in Comilla, served as principal of Aramnagar Kamil Madrasa in Sarishabari upazila under Jamalpur, police said.

Later, he joined Gopalpur Kamil Madrasa and started living at a room of its students' hostel. His family lives in Dhaka.

Faijul is Tangail unit president of Jamiatul Mudarresin Bangladesh, an association of madrasa teachers.

He went abroad as a member of an Education Ministry delegation last month, local sources said. 

Hasan Al Mamun, officer in charge of Gopalpur Police Station, said, “We are collecting information about Faijul.”