Five more remanded in a case over attack on Hero Alam

A Dhaka court Monday placed five more accused on two-day remand each in a case lodged over attack on independent candidate Md Ashraful Hossain Alam, popularly known as Hero Alam, during Dhaka-17 by-polls on July 17.

The remanded accused are- Sajal, Prince, Saheb Ali, Shoyeb and Bayejid.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order as police produced them before the court and pleaded to place them on 10-day remand.

Hero Alam's personal assistant Sujan Rahman Shuvo lodged the case with Banani thana on July 18 accusing some 15-20 unknown people for the attack.

/MHK/