BNP leader Annie put on four-day remand

UNB :
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed BNP Publicity Secretary Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie on a 4-day remand in a case filed over obstructing government works and torching vehicles.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rashidul Alam passed the order after hearing a plea seeking a seven-day remand filed by the investigating officer of the case.

Earlier in the morning, the BNP leader was picked up by police from his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka.

According to the case statement, 10,000 to 15,000 BNP leaders and activists barred police from performing duty by exploding crude bombs, throwing brickbats when they were crossing Dhanmondi City College after a road march on March 23 this year.

Moreover, they attacked police and blasted cocktails causing loss of lives and damages of properties, the statement said. Later, police filed a case accusing some unidentified people with Dhanmondi police station in this connection.

Before the arrest the BNP leader told media that police were trying to enter his residence and broke its door and they (police) threatened to shoot him unless he opened the door.