Erfan’s accomplice Dipu put on 3-day remand

A court in Dhaka placed Erfan Salim’s personal assistant A B Siddique Dipu on a three-day remand in a case filed on charge of attacking Lt Wasif Ahmed Khan of Bangladesh Navy in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka on Sunday night.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Sikder passed the remand order following hearing in the case on Tuesday (October 27).

Earlier, Dhanmondi Police Station Inspector (Unarmed) Ashfaq Rajib Haider, also the investigation officer of the case, produced the accused before the court with seven-day remand prayer.

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested AB Siddique Dipu from Tangail around 3:30 am on Tuesday.

Lt Wasif Ahmed Khan filed the case with Dhanmondi Police Station on Monday night, naming four accused including AB Siddique Dipu and two to three unnamed persons.

The other three named accused are Erfan Salim (37), Md Zahid (35) and Md Mizanur Rahman (30).

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Erfan Salim, a councilor of ward 30 of Dhaka South City Corporation, and Md Zahid after conducting a drive at the house of Erfan, at Old Dhaka on Monday.

A mobile court led by RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam also jailed the lawmaker's son and Zahid for a year each after illegal guns, ammunition, liquor, walkie-talkies and handcuffs were found during the raid.

On the same day, a Dhaka court placed Erfan's driver Mizanur Rahman, who was arrested soon after the incident, on one-day remand in connection with the case.

On Sunday (October 25) night, a video of Lieutenant Wasif screaming for justice before the public after being assaulted by Erfan and a few accomplices went viral on social media.

The attack took place in the Kalabagan bus stop area around 7:45pm on Sunday, when the military officer protested after his motorcycle was hit by Erfan's car, which had a parliament sticker.