‘Dorji Monir’ placed on four-day remand

A Dhaka court yesterday placed Monir Khan alias Dorji Monir, founder president of so-called "Bangladesh Jananetri Sheikh Hasina Parishad", on a four-day remand in a case filed with Kamrangirchar Police Station under the Digital Security Act.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dhiman Chandra Mondol passed the order after DB Inspector Md Saiful Islam, the investigation officer, produced him before the court with a 10-day remand prayer, court sources said.

In the remand prayer, the IO said Monir used photoshop to fabricate pictures with important people of the government, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and posted those on Facebook.

Moreover, he demanded Tk 2 lakh as extortion from one Ismail Hossain for getting a good post at his party. So, he needed to be remanded to find out the people who assisted the accused in posting the altered pictures, the IO added.

The defence, however, submitted a petition seeking bail and cancellation of the remand prayer, saying that Monir was implicated in the case as part of conspiracy.

Upon hearing both the sides, the magistrate rejected the bail petition and placed him on remand.

Earlier on Sunday night, a DB team arrested Monir from his Kamrangirchar residence on the charge of defaming AL leaders posting several pictures on Facebook.

Moreover, Monir allegedly became owner of vast wealth through land brokerage and lobbying. He also collected AL nomination papers for Dhaka-2 constituency comprising parts of Keraniganj and Savar in the 2018 elections.

Meanwhile, another Dhaka court yesterday placed two associates of businessperson-turned-politician Helena Jahangir on a three-day remand each in a fraud case filed with Pallabi Police Station.

The accused are Hajera Khatun (40), general manager of Helena Jahangir's IPTV JoyJatra Television; and Sanaullah Noori (48), its co-ordinator.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debdash Chandra Adhikary passed the order after Sub-Inspector Md Al Helal, IO of the case, produced them before the court with a seven-day remand prayer.

The defence submitted a petition seeking bail and cancelling the remand prayer. But, the magistrate rejected the petition.

Earlier on August 3, Helena was remanded for four days in the same case.

Rab arrested Hajera and Sanaullah in Gabtoli on Monday.

In the case, Helena was accused of taking Tk 54,000 from one Abdur Rahman from Bhola for appointing him as a local correspondent of JoyJatra.

As a correspondent, Rahman worked for several months but he was not paid. On the other hand, the TV authority took Tk 3,000 per month from him.

On August 2, Abdur Rahman filed the case against Helena, Hajera and Sanaullah. The law enforcers arrested Helena at her Gulshan residence on Thursday night.