Rizvi again remanded
A Dhaka court has placed BNP Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed on a five-day fresh remand in another arson case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Aminul Islam yesterday passed the order after Detective Branch of police Sub-inspector Siddiqur Rahman produced the BNP leader before the court with a 10-day remand prayer.
The case was filed with Jatrabari Police Station against Rizvi and 67 others for torching a bus on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway on January 23.
In the remand prayer, Siddiqur, also investigating officer of the case, said Rizvi was named in the first information report, and he was directly involved in the arson attack. So, he needs to be sent on remand to find out the whereabouts of the fugitive accused.
Opposing the plea, the defence submitted a bail petition to the court, saying their client was included in the case as part of a “conspiracy to harass him”.
After hearing both sides, the magistrate rejected Rizvi's bail petition and granted five days' remand for interrogating him.
Earlier, the BNP leader was remanded for eight days in two phases in connection with two other arson cases lodged with Badda and Jatrabari police stations.
Rizvi was arrested in the capital's Baridhara on January 31 for his alleged links with the recent violence and subversive activities.
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