A Jhalakathi court yesterday placed eight of the nine suspected activists of banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (Huji), arrested from a mosque in Nalchity upazila on August 14, on a six-day remand.
Officer-in-Charge of Nalcity Police Station Asaduzzaman, also the investigation officer (IO) of the two cases-one under Arms Act and the other under Anti-Terrorism Act sought 10 days' remand for the accused in each of  the cases to the Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court.
They accused are Md Masiur Rahman alias Milon, son of Serajul Ali Talukder, Md Nurul Islam, son of Abdur Rahman Khan, Md Shohag, son of Nurul Islam, and Baki Billah, son of Masum Billah of Nalchity upazila in Jhalakathi district; Md Abul Basar Mridha, son of Abdur Rob Mridha, Minhajul Abedin, son of Haider Ali Matabbor, and Abdul Aziz, son of Abul Kasem Majumder of Rajoir upozila in Madaripur district.
After hearing, Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Shahidul Islam placed the eight of the nine suspected militants on a six-day remand.
The court didn't put accused Baki Billah on remand as Advocate Nasimul Hasan sought bail for him, saying that he is an examinee of the coming degree (pass) examinations. The court, however, rejected the bail petition and sent him to jail.
Police in a raid on august 14 arrested nine suspected militants from a mosque adjacent to a Qawmi madrasa in Kamdebpur village of Nalchity upazila, which is about 15 kilometres away from the district headquarters.
All of them were involved in reorganising the Huji, said a source, who has close link with the Islamist militant group, disclosed this to The Daily Star soon after their arrest.
During the raid, led by Jhalakathi Superintendent of Police (SP) Mozid Ali, police recovered an inactive grenade from the possession of the arrestees.
They also found some “Jihadi publications” and a diary of Moshiur Rahman Milon, one of the nine.