A Dhaka court has placed five people on a three-day remand each in a case filed over the death of five passengers in a launch capsize at Sadarghat. Naqib, a sub-inspector of Sadarghat thana  River Police, pleaded to place the accused before the court and sought a seven-day remand each for "fair investigation" on Friday (April 12). The accused are Md Abdur Rauf Hawlader, and Md Selim Hawlader, Md Faruk Khan, Md Mizanur Rahman, and Md Moniruzzaman. On behalf of the accused, lawyers appealed for bail seeking cancellation of the remand. But the bail application was opposed by the state. Dhaka's Chief Judicial Magistrate, Arifa Chowdhury Himel, placed each of the accused on a three-day remand. Additional Public Prosecutor Anwarul Kabir Babul confirmed the information. Meanwhile, joint director of River Securty and Traffic Management, Ismail Hossain, filed the case at South Keraniganj Police Station.

A Dhaka court today placed bomb expert Mukit alias Boma Maulana, the mastermind of cocktail attacks on the premises of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court, on a four-day remand in a case filed under Special Power Act of Lalbagh police station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Zaki Al Farabi passed the order as police produced him before the court and pleaded to place on four-day remand. Earlier, on December 25, a team of Lalbagh Division of DB arrested him from Chawkbazar area in Old Dhaka. According to the DB, the arrested Boma Maulana collected gunpowder and made about 400 bombs from October 27 to December 16. Later, these bombs were delivered to different areas of the capital. Jubo Dal President Sultan Salahuddin Tuku supplied gunpowder to make bombs. "They (bomb attackers) were rewarded if pictures of vandalism or arson attack were sent to London. One of the bombs supplied by Maulana was detonated on the premises of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court," the DB added.   Source: BSS

A court in Dhaka today (Friday) placed e-commerce company Evaly chief executive officer (CEO) Mohammad Rassel and his wife and company Chairman Shamima Nasrin on three-day remand each in a case lodged over embezzlement of customer's money.    Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqul Islam passed the order as police produced the couple before the court and investigation officer (IO) and Gulshan Police Station sub-inspector Wahidul Islam pleaded to place them on 10-day remand.    Defence counsel Advocate Moniruzzaman Liton, however, argued for their bail. After hearing both the sides, the court placed Rassel and Nasrin on three-day remand each.    Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur on September 16 had set October 21 to submit a probe report in the case. The court came up with the order after accepting the first information report (FIR) of the case.    One Arif Baker, a customer of Evaly, filed the case with Gulshan Police Station. Mohammad Rassel and Shamima Nasrin were detained from their Mohammadpur flat in the afternoon on September 16.    According to the case documents, the victim and a couple of his friends ordered some products through the e-commerce platform in the months of May and June. But they didn't get any product in spite of paying the money in advance. They repeatedly called the Evaly customer care numbers, but they didn't pay any heed to their calls.    On September 9, they went to the Dhanmandi headquarters of Evaly, where Evaly staff along with its CEO threatened them and said they (victims) would neither get their money, nor the products. Source: BSS AH

Irfan Selim, the suspended Councilor of Ward 30 under Dhaka South City Corporation, and his bodyguard Zahid were remanded in police custody for three days on Wednesday in a case filed over the assault on a Navy officer. Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur passed the order when police produced them before the court and sought seven days to interrogate them. Lieutenant Wasif Ahmed Khan of Bangladesh Navy filed the case at Dhanmondi Police Station naming four people. Apart from Haji Selim’s son Irfan and Zahid, the other accused are -- AB Siddique Dipu, 45, and Md Mizanur Rahman, 30. All four are now behind bars. According to the case statement, a car hit Wasif's motorcycle near Labaid Hospital at Dhanmondi around 7:45pm on Sunday when he and his wife were returning to their Mohammadpur residence from Nilkhet. Some people came out of the car and physically assaulted the navy official and verbally abused his wife. RAB arrested Irfan from his father Haji Selim’s residence on Devdas Lane in Old Dhaka on Monday afternoon. Two firearms, 38 walkie-talkies and liquor were seized from Irfan’s house during the drive. Later, a RAB mobile court sentenced Irfan and Zahid to one year in jail for possessing illegal walkie-talkies and drinking liquor. RAB said they were given six-month jail each for drinking liquor and another six months for the illegal possession of walkie-talkies. Meanwhile, the government suspended Irfan from the post of councilor on Tuesday. On Wednesday, four separate cases were filed at Chawkbazar Police Station against Irfan and Zahid for possessing firearms and drugs. Source: UNB AH

A court on Saturday placed a police constable who was suspended over the death of Raihan at Bandarbazar police outpost in Sylhet on a five-day remand.  The accused cop was identified as Harunur Rashid, constable of Bandarbazar police outpost. Metropolitan Magistrate Judge Sharmin Khanam passed the order, said Investigation Officer Muhidul Islam of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI). Rashid was arrested on Friday night. Earlier, on October 20, PBI arrested constable Titu Chandra Das in the case. He is now on a five-day remand. On October 11, Rayhan Ahmed, 34, a resident of Akharia in Sylhet city, was beaten to death in police custody, said the family of the victim. His wife Tahmina Akter Tanni filed a case with  Kotwali Police Station on the following day accusing a number of unidentified people. Besides, the authorities on October 12  suspended four policemen, including the in-charge of Bandarbazar Police outpost Sub-Inspector Akbar Hossain, in connection with the death of a man ‘in police custody’ in Sylhet. They are-- SI Akbar Hossain Bhuiya, constable Harun Rashid, Touhid Mia and Titu Chandra. Akbar has gone into hiding. Three policemen have been withdrawn in this connection on the same day. They are Ashek Ali, Kutub Ali and Sajib Hossain. Police rejected the allegation and said Rayhan was caught by locals of Kastghar area during a robbery and was lynched. Besides, the case has been transferred to the Police Bureau of Investigation. Meanwhile, Sylhet Metropolitan Police formed a probe body headed by its additional deputy commissioner Shahrier Al Mamun to look into the death of Raihan. After primary investigation, they found some policemen guilty in this connection. Source: UNB AH

Four suspended policemen have been taken on a second phase of four-day remand by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a case filed over the murder of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan. The four policemen are assistant sub-inspector Litan Miah and constables Safanur Karim, Kamal Hossain and Abdullah Al Mamun. A team of Rapid Action Battalion took them from the district jail around 11:00am for further questioning, said jail superintendent Md Mokammel Hossain. Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Khairul Islam, also investigation officer of the case, said the four accused were placed on four-day remand on August 24. Earlier, RAB remanded three other members of the police, former officer-in-charge (OC) of Teknaf Model Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das, inspector Liaquat and ASI Nandadulal, for questioning. Among them, Pradeep was remanded for 15 days in four phases and Liaquat and Nandadulal Rakshit for 14 days in three phases. Although Liaquat and Nandadulal made confessional statements under section 164, Pradeep did not agree. They are all in jail now. Eight people, including three members of APBN, have so far made confessional statements. Meanwhile, Additional Divisional Commissioner (Development) of Chattagram Division Mohammad Mizanur Rahman said the committee formed by the Home Ministry to probe the murder will submit a report to the ministry by September 7. Major (retd) Sinha was killed in police firing at Baharchhara police check-post on July 31. Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, elder sister of Sinha, filed the case with Cox’s Bazar Senior Judicial Magistrate’s Court on August 5. Source: UNB AH

The court has granted seven-day remand for prime accused Asadul Haque in connection with the attempted murder case of Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam. The other two accused in this case are Nabirul Islam and Santu Kumar. On Sunday afternoon Asadul was produced before the court of Dinajpur senior judicial magistrate Maniruzzaman. The Investigation Officer sought for 10-day remand and the court granted for seven days. On Saturday afternoon Asadul was taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital due to breathing problem. Asadul was not present on Friday when the other two accused were produced before the press conference of RAB-13. Meanwhile, the case of attempt to kill UNO Wahida Khanam and her father Omor Ali was transferred to the Detective Branch. On Wednesday midnight the miscreants attacked the UNO and her father at her official residence at Ghoraghat under Dinajpur district. Later they were admitted to Rangpur medical College Hospital for treatment. As the condition of Wahida deteriorated she was airlifted to Dhaka. Currently she is undergoing treatment at National Institute of Neurosciences Hospital in the capital after a successful critical operation there. AH

A Cox’s Bazar court on Monday placed each of seven accused including Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das and Inspector Liakat, on four-day remand over the killing of Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan (retd) in Teknaf. Metropolitan Magistrate Court- 4 Judge Tamanna Farah passed the order while investigation officer Senior ASP Khairul Islam of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) sought seven day remand for each accused to interrogate them. All the accused were present on the dock. The accused are former Officer-in-Charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das and former Inspector Liakat Ali, ex-Sub-Inspector Nandadulal Rakshit, ex-Assistant Sub-Inspector Liton Mia, constables Safanur Karim, Kamal Hossain, Abdullah Al Mamun. Earlier on August 6, three key accused including Pradeep and Liakat were placed on seven-day remand which concluded on Monday.   The authorities on August 2, suspended 21 police officials, including the in-charge of Baharchhara police outpost, in connection with the killing. Major Sinha (retd) was killed in police firing at Baharchhara police check-post on July 31. Source: UNB AH

The court has granted seven-day remand for seven accused each including Teknaf police station OC Pradeep Das in connection with retired Major Sinha killing fired by police. The Cox’s Bazar court granted the remand plea of RAB in the murder case on Thursday night. Earlier, RAB sought 10-day remand for seven accused each before the Cox’s Bazar court at around 8 pm on Thursday. On Thursday afternoon former OC Pradeep was taken to Cox’s Bazar from Teknaf amid strict security. Baharchhara police post in-charge Liakat and others were produced before the court from district police lines. They were produced before the court at around 5:30 pm. AH      

The court has granted 28-day remand, seven days each in four fraudulence cases filed against Regent hospital chairman Md. Shahed alias Shahed Karim. In addition the court granted 21-day remand for managing director of the organization Masud Parvez. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate granted the remand on Sunday. Earlier, the court put Shahed on 10-day remand on July 16 over the case filed against him in connection with corona sample test fraudulence. After completion of 10-day remand Shahed was produced before the court seeking total 40-day remand in four fraudulence cases filed with Uttara Paschim and Uttara Purba police station. After the hearing the court granted 28-day remand for Shahed in four cases and 21-day remand for Masud Parvez in three cases. Earlier, Shahed was arrested from Debhata border area in Satkhira along with an illegal firearm on July 15. In this connection a case was filed with Debhata police station. He was brought back to Dhaka boarded on a helicopter. The number two accused Masud Parvez was arrested by RAB from Gazipur on July 14. Read In Bangla Version AH