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Jamaat secy general, 8 others remanded in anti-terrorism act case


Bangladeshpost
Published : 07 Sep 2021 09:48 PM | Updated : 08 Sep 2021 12:39 AM

BSS, Dhaka

A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed nine leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its secretary general Mia Golam Porwar, on four-day remand each in a case lodged under the anti-terrorism act.

The other accused are: Jamaat assistant secretary generals Rafiqul Islam Khan and Hamidur Rahman Azad, central executive council members Ijjat Ullah, Mobarak Hossain, Abdur Rob, former president of Islami Chhatra Shibir Yeasin Arafat and party activists Monirul Islam and Abdul Kalam.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Mahmuda Akter remanded them as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to place them on 10-day remand in the case lodged with the capital's Bhatara Police Station.

Police on Monday arrested them from a flat in Block-D of Bashundhara residential area.

Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMPs) Gulshan zone Md Asaduzzaman later said the accused had gathered in the flat to plan subversive activities.