Remand prayer for Izharul rejected

A Chittagong court yesterday rejected a 10-day remand prayer for Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury, president of a faction of Islami Oikkya Jote (IOJ), and sent him to jail.
Judicial Magistrate Md Aktar Hossain passed the order after MA Latif, sub-inspector of the police station concerned and investigation officer of the case, produced him before the court.
Five activists of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) were also produced before the court with a 10-day remand prayer for each on the same day. The court also rejected their remand prayers.
The case was filed on December 16 at Raozan Police Station on charge of Mufti Izharul's alleged involvement in Huji.