A Dhaka court on Monday rejected a remand plea and asked the police to interrogate Mufti Mohammad Wakkas, nayeb-e-ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam, at the jail gate in a case filed with the Paltan police station.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzman Noor passed the order after DB police produced him before the court with a plea for 10 days’ remand.
Defence lawyers also filed a petition with the court, seeking bail for Wakkas.
After hearing, the court rejected the remand petition and asked the police to interrogate Wakkas at the jail gate.
On September 9, a Dhaka court granted 15 days’ remand against Wakkas in five cases after detectives produced him before the court, seeking a 50-day remand.
Earlier on September 2, the DB picked up Wakkas, a former state minister during Ershad’s regime, from Chowdhurypara of Malibagh.
Wakkas, also the superintendent of Madaninagar Madrasa in Jessore, was elected MP as an independent candidate from Jessore 5 constituency in 1986.