UNB, Dhaka :
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed on a two-day remand the two accused who were arrested over attack on Hero Alam, an independent candidate of Dhaka-17 by-election.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arfatul Rakib passed the order.
The investigating officer of the case, sub-inspector Noor Uddin of Banani Police Station, sought a seven-day remand for the accused- Chanoar Kazi and Biplab Hossain.
Meanwhile, the court ordered sending other five accused – Mahmudul Hasan Mehdi, Mujahid Khan, Ashiq Sarkar, Hriday Sheikh, and Sohail Mollah- to jail.
Earlier on Monday, Hero Alam was physically assaulted while leaving a polling centre in Dhaka’s Banani area.
He was taken to a hospital in Rampura around 5:30 pm.
Following the assault, Hero Alam’s personal assistant filed a case at Banani police station accusing 15 to 20 unidentified individuals of perpetrating the attack.
Earlier, Hero Alam alleged that his agents were being “barred from entering the polling stations” and that several of them were “harassed by AL activists and leaders.”
