A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed detained BNP Vice-Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka and its Standing Committee member ASM Hannan Shah on two days’ remand each in a murder case filed in connection with the May 5 Hefazat mayhem.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mostafizur Rahman passed the order, rejecting their bail pleas.
Police produced the two senior BNP leaders before the court in a case filed with Motijheel police station for the death of Sub-Inspector Shahjahan during the Hefazat-e-Islam's May 5 rally in the capital.
Police sought seven days’ remand for Hannan and Khoka in the case.
They also sought 20 days’ remand for Hannan Shah in two more cases filed with the same police station.
After hearing, the court granted two days’ remand for Khoka and Hannan in the murder case. The court rejected the other remand plea for Hannan and ordered the authorities concerned to interrogate him at jail gate within 10 days.
Hannan claimed the video footage based on which police arrested him was fabricated.
“Police should have investigated my whereabouts during that time on that day before making any move,” said Hannan.
