Jamaat ameer, 7 others on 10-day remand

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Tuesday put eight leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Ameer Maqbul Ahmad, on a ten-day remand for each in two cases filed against them with Kadamtali Police Station.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court Judge Golam Nabi passed the order after investigation officer of the cases SI Saju Mia (Operation) of Kadamtali Police Station sought a 20-day remand for each of them, who were shown arrested in two cases earlier in the afternoon.

The cases were filed with Kadamtoli Police Station for creating anarchy among people during Durga Puja and Asurah and hatching plot to topple the government.

Among the two cases, one was filed under the Special Powers Act while the other under the Arms Act.

Earlier around 9:00pm on Monday, detectives arrested Jamaat Maqbul Ahmad, its Nayeb-e-Ameer Mia Golam Parwar, also a former MP from Khulna-5, Secretary General Dr Shafiqur Rahman and five other party leaders from the city’s Uttara area.

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