A Dhaka court scrapped remand and bail petitions for BNP Vice President Sadeque Hossain Khoka in two cases and sent him to jail on Wednesday.
Police had produced Khoka at court in the morning and sought 10 days of remand each in Sutrapur arson and Paltan sedition cases in the morning.
Sessions Judges Court Additional Public Prosecutor Shah Alam advocated for remand while Khoka’s lawyer Sanaullah Miah pleaded for bail.
But, two separate judges, after hearing, scrapped both petitions and sent Khoka to jail and ordered authorities to interrogate him in prison within 10 days.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates Mohammad Maruf Hossain and Tareq Moinul Islam Bhuiyan passed the order for Sutrapur and Paltan cases respectively.
On November 11, nine people were burned when a human hauler was set on fire near Victoria Park in Old Dhaka, the Sutrapur arson case statement said.
Then, Khoka called upon all BNP supporters to come down to streets armed with machetes and axes in a party programme, the Paltan sedition case said.
BNP vice president and senior leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka was arrested on the night of December 4 pressed with charges of arson charges.
He is one of the key BNP leaders who are now in jail accused in hartal and blockade violence-related cases.
