A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed BNP’s Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas on a five-day remand in a case involving sabotage and attempts to snatch away pistols from the law enforcers during clashes on October 28 in Dhaka.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin granted the remand after rejecting his bail petition.
The court granted the remand after hearing both sides, said Shah Alam, sub-inspector of Shahjahanpur police station’s general registration section in the court.
Earlier, the investigation officer of the court produced him before the court with a prayer for a five-day remand.
Lawyers Mohsin Miah, Mosleh Uddin, Jasim, Omar Faruk Faruki, Golam Mostafa stood for the BNP leader in the court while Abdullah Abu represented the state.
Mustafizur Rahman, sub-inspector of Shahjahanpur police station, filed the case making Mirza Abbas as the prime suspect on October 29.
Forty-nine BNP men were identified as suspects while involvement of 700-800 unidentified individuals have been mentioned in the case.
Police and the BNP supporters clashed in some parts of Dhaka involving the party’s scheduled grand rally on October 28.
