A Chattogram court on Tuesday placed 12 persons on remand in connection with two separate incidents, an attack on law enforcers and the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif.
Judge Alamgir Hossain of the Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Court 3 granted five-day remand for eight people accused of attacking members of law enforcement agencies during the transfer of Sammalita Sanatani Jagran Jote spokesperson Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari to jail, said Md Raihanul Wazed, assistant public prosecutor of the court.
Those placed on remand are Sujan Chandra Das, Emon Chakraborty, Sourav Das, Sakibul Alam, Rupon Das, Sumon Das, Ahmed Hossain, and Md Rakib.
Additional deputy commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police Mofizur Rahman said, 鈥極n November 26, three cases were filed by police in connection with the attack on law enforcers and vandalism of vehicles on court premises. In one of these cases, the investigation officer sought seven-day remand for the eight accused. The court, however, granted five-day remand.鈥�
In a separate case, the same court put four other people on remand in connection with the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif near the court premises.
Judge Alamgir Hossain, issued the remand order after a hearing on Tuesday evening, said Md Raihanul Wazed, assistant public prosecutor of the Metropolitan Magistrate Court.
Those placed on remand are Ripon Das, Bishal Das, Aman Das, and Rajib Bhattacharya. Of them, Ripon Das has been remanded for five days, while the others have been remanded for four days each.
The name of Ripon Das was not mentioned in the initial complaint but was revealed during the investigation, Raihanul said.
Earlier, the suspects were brought to court from jail under heightened police security. Additional police personnel were stationed at the court鈥檚 entrance to prevent any untoward incident.
On December 6, Chattogram Sixth Metropolitan Magistrate Kazi Shariful Islam put Chandan Das, the prime accused in the case, on seven-day remand and Ripon Das on five-day remand.
A total of six cases were filed so far over incidents centring the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in the court building area in Chattogram city.
Charges in these cases included, among others, obstructing government officers from performing their duty and vandalism.
Of the six cases, three have been filed by the police, while the victim鈥檚 family filed two cases, and a businessman filed the rest one.
A total of 38 people have been arrested in connection with the killing of Saiful.
On Tuesday, the court of Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Saiful Islam rescheduled the bail hearing for Chinmoy Krishna Das for January 2 as no defence lawyer appeared on his behalf.
Chinmoy was sent to jail after his bail petition was rejected on November 26.
He was arrested on sedition charges on November 25 in Dhaka city.
