A Dhaka court on Monday sent BNP Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in an anti-state plot, to jail.Metropolitan Magistrate SM Masud Jaman passed the order when Detective Branch (DB) Inspector Fazlul Haque produced him to the court on completion of his five days remand.
Earlier on May 31, a court placed the BNP leader on the seven-day remand for interrogation in connection with the alleged anti-state plot. Later, he was put on a five-day fresh remand on June 8.
Plainclothes police arrested Aslam in the city on May 15.
Several local newspapers published reports attaching photographs of the BNP leader’s meeting with Israeli leader Mendi N Safadi. But, Aslam denied any conspiracy against the government although he admitted to meeting Safadi in a tea party in India.-Court Correspondent
