BJD chairman on 6-day remand in CJ residence attack case

A Dhaka court has placed Bangladesh Jatiya Dal (BJD) chairman Syed Ehsanul Huda on six-day remand in a case lodged over an attack on the official residence of Chief Justice (CJ) during BNP's grand rally in the capital's Nayapaltan area on October 28.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farjana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury passed the order on Sunday as police produced Huda before the court and pleaded to place him on a 10-day remand in the case.

The Detective Branch (DB) of Police on November 11 arrested Huda from the Segunbagicha area.

BNP men on October 28 allegedly attacked the residence of the chief justice, breaking down one of the gates. They hurled brickbats towards the main building indiscriminately.

Police filed the case with Ramna Police Station against 59 leaders and activists of BNP including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, vice-chairman Barkat Ullah Bulu, Abdul Awal Mintoo and Shamsuzzaman Dudu.

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