A court on Monday placed former chief election commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on a four-day remand in a case lodged for allegedly manipulating the national election.
Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mustafizur Rahman passed the order as police produced the former CEC before the court and pleaded for a 10-day remand in the case filed with the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station.
Earlier, the police produced the former CEC in the courtroom at around 4:10pm, after bringing him to the court around 3:05pm, where he was kept at the lockup on the ground floor.
BNP National Executive Committee Member Md Salahuddin Khan filed the case on Sunday morning against 24 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and three former CECs, for manipulating the national elections in 2014, 2018, and 2024.
Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, four former inspectors general of police (IGP), several former election commissioners, and former chiefs of Special Branch (SB), National Security Intelligence (NSI), and the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) have also been accused in the case.
Earlier, on Sunday, police took Nurul into custody from his residence in Sector 5 of Uttara after a mob apprehended the former CEC at around 7pm.
Later, he was shown arrested in the case.
