Two placed on three-day remand

Two people - Sanwar Kazi and Biplab Hossain – were put on three-day remand each in a case filed over attack on independent candidate Md Ashraful Hossain Alam, popularly known as Hero Alam, during Dhaka-17 by-polls on Monday.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arafatul Rakib passed the order on Tuesday after investigation officer and Banani thana sub-inspector Nur-e-Uddin pleaded for seven-day remand before the court.

Five others - Mahmudul Hasan, Mujahid Khan, Ashiq Sarker, Hridoy Sheikh and Sohel Mollah – were sent to jail after hearing the bail petition.

A case was lodged against some 15-20 unknown people with Banani thana on Tuesday.

/MHK/