BNP leaders Khasru, Swapan on 6-day remand

Staff Reporter  :
A Dhaka court on Friday placed BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and its media cell convener Zahir Uddin Swapan on a six-day remand each in connection with a case filed over the death of a constable in a clash during the party’s grand rally on October 28.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zaki Al Farabi passed the order after Detective Branch Inspector Md Tariqul Islam, also the case’s investigating officer, produced Khasru and Swapan before the court with a 10-day remand prayer for each, said Taherul Islam Tauhid, one of the defense

lawyers.
Detectives detained the two from Gulshan area earlier in the day.

On October 28, police filed a case with Paltan Model Police Station against 164 people, making BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Alamgir a prime accused in the case.

Police have so far arrested four people, including Fakhrul and BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas in the case.