Ex-Shibir president sent to jail

Former president of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) central committee Rezaul Karim was sent to Chittagong central jail yesterday in a sedition case filed for making "derogatory remarks" about the prime minister and the home minister.
District and Sessions Judge Abdul Kuddus Mian passed the order after Rezaul appeared before the court seeking extension of his bail that expired on May 25.
Rejecting the prayer, the court ordered to sent him to jail.
The court, however, kept in force the bail of seven other accused in the case and fixed June 30 for hearing on the charge framing.
Abu Taiyab, general secretary of Chhatra League Chittagong (north) district unit, filed the case with the court against eight persons on November 2 last year.
All the eight accused appeared before the court yesterday.
Other accused are Jamaat acting Ameer Maqbul Ahmad and acting Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam, Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Secretary General Shamim Al Mamun, Secretary General of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote Abdul Latif Nezami, Jatiya Gonotantrik Party (Jagpa) President Shafiul Alam Prodhan, National People's Party (NPP) President Sheikh Showkat Hossain Nilu and Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP-Bhashani) President Sheikh Anwarul Haque.
Taiyab in his complaint stated that ICS chief Rezaul at a discussion at Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on October 28 made the "threatening and derogatory remarks," referring to BDR carnage and Paltan killings.