A Dhaka court on Thursday placed five leaders of Hefazat-e-Islam on five-day remand each in a case lodged over the Islamist group's anarchy in the capital's Paltan and adjacent areas in 2013.
The remanded accused are central assistant secretary general Khurshid Alam Kashemi, Hefazat-e-Islam central joint general secretary Sharafat Hossain, assistant secretary general Ataullah Amin, its Dhaka city unit vice-presidents Jubayer Ahmed and Sanaul Haque.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Baki Billah passed the order.
Earlier police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to place them on 10-day remand each for the sake of proper investigation of the case.
On May 5, 2013, thousands of members of Hefajat, a Qawmi madrasa-based Islamist organisation, clashed with law enforcers and ruling Awami League men, turning Motijheel and Paltan areas into battlefields.
A total of 83 cases were filed in seven districts, including in Dhaka, accusing 3,416 named and 84,796 unnamed people.
Police have pressed charges in 18 cases and submitted final reports in two other cases. Investigations of 62 other cases have been stalled.
