AL leader remanded

Police on Sunday took local Awami League (AL) leader principal Mahbubul Haque Bachchu on a two-day remand in a case filed following the AL factional clash at Rayna crossing in Boraigram upazila. On April 6, two groups, one led-by Boraigram AL thana unit joint secretary Yakub Ali Hira and another by AL leader and principal of Boraigram Mohila Degree College Mahbubul Haque Bachchu, locked in a clash that left 10 people injured from the both sides. Gunshots and vandalism marked the clash which followed filing of cases against each other. Police later held Mahbub on April 9 in this connection and produced him before the court on Sunday seeking five-day remand for interrogation. However, the court granted two days' remand.