BNP’s Sohel put on remand in murder case

Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday placed BNP Joint Secretary General Habib-un- Nabi Khan Sohel on remand for a day in bomb explosion case.Magistrate Abdullah Al Masud granted the remand after hearing the remand plea of police. Earlier, the police of Ramna Police Station produced Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel in the court seeking 10 days’ remand for Sohel. For that, he was shown arrested in the case filed for killing private car driver Abul Kalam. The court also, rejected the bail petition of the BNP leader.
According to the case statement, a petrol bomb was hurled on a private car in the city’s Ramna area on January 9, 2015, during the BNP-led 14 party’s countrywide blockade that left driver Kalam burn injured. Later, he died in a hospital of the city.
Police, in their remand petition said, Sohel’s involvement in the incident was found. Sohel was released from Keraniganj Central Jail on Monday.
However, the detectives, picked up from the jail gate. – Special Correspondent