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A Gazipur court has placed Mufti Muaz bin Noor, a follower of Maulana Saad Kandlavi, on a three-day remand following violent clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat at the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi. The unrest erupted over control of the venue, leading to his detention on Sunday.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Alamgir Al Mamun of Gazipur Metropolitan Court passed the order, reports UNB.
Earlier police produced Mufti Noor before the court with a seven-day remand prayer.
The supporters of Zubair staged demonstrations demanding punishment of Noor.
Tongi police arrested Mufti Muaz bin Noor from Dhaka’s Uttara on December 19.
Maulana Zubair’s follower M Alam Hossain filed the murder case with Tongi Police Station on Thursday evening against 29 people at the Tongi West Police Station naming Syed Wasiful Islam as the main accused.
Four people were killed and 40 others injured in a clash between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat at the Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi on December 18.
