A Dhaka court yesterday granted 4-day remand against 19 Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists, including Jamaat-e-Islami central leader and former Chhatra Shibir president Shafiqul Islam Masud, in a case filed with Mohammadpur police station.
Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ataul Haque passed the order after Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam produced them before the court, seeking a 10-day remand each for interrogation.
The defence lawyer had also filed bail petition for his clients, but the court passed the order, rejecting the bail petition.
Earlier on Saturday, police arrested the 19 at a house in the capital’s Mohammadpur area around 8:30pm while the detainees were holding a secret meeting. Later, a case was filed with Mohammadpur police station in this regard.
The other detainees are Ziaul Hasan, Mahabubur Rahman, Abbas Miah, Kamrul Hasan, Sagir, Lokman, Syed Ahmad Ali, Ibrahim, Al-Amin, Mahe Alam, Yusuf, Ibrahim Monir, Mazraul Islam, Habib, Abdul halim, Nur Amin, Monir Hossain and Moshfique.
