Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar has been sent to jail following a three-day remand in case filed under the Explosives Act for violence in Baitul Mukarram Mosque area last year.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Yasmin Ara sent him to jail after police produced him at court on Friday, reports Bangla Tribune.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Motijheel zonal team Sub-Inspector Abdul Maleque filed the plea to keep him in custody.
On February 14, a court granted the police three days to question Parwar over the attack on the national mosque.
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According to the case, a group of protesters tried to stage demonstrations against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in front of Baitul Mukarram Mosque after the Jummah prayers on March 26 last year.
Police charged them with batons and lobbed tear shells after which protesters threw bricks at the law enforcers.
A case was filed with Paltan police following which Parwar was arrested.