A Dhaka court has remanded Swechchhasebak Dal’s General Secretary Mir Sharafat Ali Sapu and Organising Secretary Shafiul Bari Babu for five days in police custody in a case filed over assault on the law enforcers.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin gave the order on Friday rejecting police plea for 10-day custody for each of the accused.
Both leaders of the opposition BNP’s volunteer front had been arrested from the capital’s Bangla Motor area on Thursday evening.
They were arrested six days after police nabbed five senior BNP leaders, including three Standing Committee members, on Friday night.
“They were arrested after we got evidence of their involvement in vandalism and arson during the shutdown,” Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman told bdnews24.com.
Swechchhasebak Dal President Habib-Un Nabi Khan Sohel has demanded their immediate release.
The BNP affiliate has also announced protest programmes on Friday at all metropolitans, districts and Upazilas.
The main opposition’s acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a statement has also demanded the release of all leaders including Sapu and Babu. – bdnews24.com
