4 arrestees remanded, 2 sent to jail
A Dhaka court placed four arrestees on remand and sent other two to jail yesterday in a case of bomb attack on ruling AL lawmaker Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.
Second Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Habibur Rahman Siddique sent Ataul Huda, nephew of Bangabandhu murder convict Maj (retd) Bazlul Huda, on a four-day remand and Nazmul Hasan Sohel and Mahbubul Hasan Emran, sons of Lt Col (retd) Mohiuddin Ahmed, another convict of August 15 killings case, and Freedom Party leader Abdur Rahim on one-day fresh remand.
Besides, he sent Kamrul Haque Swapan, younger brother of Maj (retd) Dalim, another convict in Bangabandhu murder case, and Freedom Party leader Shafiuddin Sofu to jail.
Earlier, Swapan had been grilled for 12 days while Sofu for six days in two spells of remands in the bomb attack case, police said.
In a forwarding report placed before the court, Assistant Commissioner Akbar Hossain stated that they had information about Ataul taking part in the bomb attack.
He also mentioned that following the incident, Ataul escaped to Alamdanga for regrouping Freedom Party activists to carry out further subversive activities.
In his statement, Akbar said they needed to verify the information extracted from Swapan and Sofu regarding the bomb attack.
Detective police arrested seven people for their suspected links to the bomb attack, and five of them are from the families of convicted killers of Bangabandhu.
Lawmaker Taposh came under bomb attack on October 21 night that left at least 13 people injured. Taposh escaped unhurt.
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