A Chittagong court has placed Jahangir Alam, superintendent of police (SP) of the Chittagong Range Reserve Force (RRF), on a four-day remand in a sedition case.
Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafa passed the order on Sunday afternoon.
Advocate Mofizul Haque Bhuiyan, public prosecutor (PP) of the Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Court, told Dhaka Tribune that police had sought a seven-day remand to interrogate Jahangir in the case. After hearing the petition, the court granted four days.
Jahangir is the son of Jinnat Ali of Chandapasha village in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi. He lived at the Chittagong Police Officers' Mess in the city's Panchlaish area.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abul Kashem Chowdhury of the RRF filed the case against Jahangir, accusing him of maintaining links with the banned Awami League.
The case was filed with Panchlaish Police Station around 10:30pm on Saturday after obtaining approval from the Home Ministry.
Later that night, members of the Special Response Unit (SRU), Counter Terrorism Unit and Panchlaish police arrested him.
Earlier, authorities had seized his personal and official mobile phones over allegations of links with the Awami League and placed him under surveillance.
He was produced before the court on Sunday amid tight security.