A Dhaka court yesterday placed Jatiyatabdi Chhatra Dal (JCD) General Secretary Habibur Rashid Habib on a three-day remand in a case filed with Shahbagh police station for vandalism and arson attack on vehicles during the September 22 hartal.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Asaduzzman Nur passed the order when the case’s investigation officer and a SI of the police station Azim Uddin produced the BNP’s student front leader before his court seeking a 10-day remand.
In the plea, Azim mentioned that his prayer was needed to find out the information from Habibur for the sake of proper investigation in the case.
Meanwhile, defence counsel Md Sanaullah Miah filed two petitions, one for bail and another seeking rejection of remand. However, the court gave the decision after the hearing.
On Saturday, Immigration police arrested Habibur from Shahjalal International Airport in the capital when he was going to leave for the United States where his family members staying.
Afterwards, police showed Habibur arrested in the Shahbagh police station case for running vandalism during the hartal enforced by the BNP lead 20-party alliance.