Mahmudur Rahman on fresh 5-day remand

A Dhaka court  has placed Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman on a five-day remand for the second time in a case filed in connection with a plot  to ‘abduct and kill’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

After a hearing in this regard, Metropolitan Magistrate Pranab Kumar Hui granted the fresh five-day remand on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, Detective Branch senior Assistant Commissioner Hasan Arafat produced Mahmudur before the court and sought a seven-day remand for quizzing.

Earlier, Mahmudur Rahman was placed for five days in remand on April 25.

Police arrested Mahmudur Rahman from his Karwan Bazar office on April 11, 2013.