A Dhaka court Monday placed a fake magistrate and four fake photo journalists on a three-day remand each for their alleged involvement with extortion.
The remanded were Mohammad Wahiduzzaman, 30, who introduced himself as a magistrate, and M Saiful Islam, 30, Mahmudul Hasan, 31, Md Nazrul Islam, 38, and Md Bulbul Ahmed, 21, who claimed that they were photo journalists.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Emdadul Haque passed the order after Inspector Sheikh Goni Miah of Khilgaon police station produced the accused before the court with a 7-day remand prayer.
The lawyer for the accused filed a bail petition as well as a remand rejection prayer before the court. The magistrate rejected both and placed the accused on a three-day remand.
Earlier on Saturday, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested the fake magistrate and the photo journalists from the city’s Khilgaon area. According to a case statement, they conducted a Mobile court in the area and collected fines. However, their real identity was exposed after Md Mominul Haque, owner of Turag Water Pump, challenged their authority while being fined Tk50,000.
A team of Rab-3, on information, raided house 338/7, block-C under Khilgaon police station and caught accused red-handed.
The team recovered Tk7,000 in cash, a Cami jeep, a motorcycle and a video camera from them. The accused collected Tk7,000 as fine from a bakery owner in the same area.
Later, Rab filed a case against them with the Khilgaon police station
