6-Month-old case: Tuku, 6 others placed on 4-day remand
A Dhaka court yesterday placed Jubo Dal President Sultan Salahuddin Tuku and six others on a four-day remand in a six-month-old case filed over assaulting police in the capital's Paltan area.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin passed the order after police produced them before the court, seeking a seven-day remand for each.
The six others are Jubo Dal Vice-President Nurul Islam Nayan, activist Mokhles Mia, Dhaka City unit BNP Joint Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Khokon, and Lalbagh thana BNP leaders Joj Mia, Farid Uddin Rana and Md Abdullah.
In the case document, police said the seven produced before the court along with 100-150 unidentified people were involved in an assault on police on May 25 this year. Police appealed to the court to remand the seven accused to know more information regarding the case.
After the hearing, the defence lawyers told the media on the court premises that all the arrestees, including Tuku, "were not named in the case". Besides, they had no connection with the incident. They called the police action political harassment.
All the accused were produced before the court amid tight security around 4:30pm. Additional police personnel were deployed to control any untoward situation.
Over 100 leaders and activists of BNP and Jubo Dal were chanting slogans, demanding immediate release of the seven, all arrested from different areas of Dhaka on December 3.
Jubo Dal President Tuku was picked up by law enforcers in the Amin Bazar area, while he was returning to the capital from the BNP's rally in Rajshahi, claimed his party colleagues.
No official statement was issued from the law enforcers about the arrests.
Meanwhile, Dhaka's Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Asaduzzaman Nur yesterday issued arrest warrants against 25 leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations in another case filed with Ramna Police Station for assaulting police and preventing them from discharging their duties in February last year.
BNP's central committee executive member Nipun Roy Chowdhury, Jubo Dal President Tuku and its former president Saiful Alam Nirob are among the 25 accused.
The magistrate also cancelled their bail secured from different courts as they were absent at the court, said court sources.
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