A Sylhet court yesterday granted a seven-day remand to five alleged members of outlawed militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team men including Bangladesh-born British citizen Touhidur Rahman Gama and Aminul Islam Mallik in blogger Ananta Bijoy Das killing case.
Judge MM Anwarul Hoque of the Sylhet’s Second Metropolitan Magistrate Court gave the order after a hearing.
The three others are Ariful Islam, Jakirullah and Md Sadek Alim Mithu. All the five except for Mithu were brought to the court as he is on remand in another case in Dhaka.
Secular writer Ananta was hacked to death by masked assailants on May 12 near his house in Nurani residential area of Sylhet city.
