A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed seven leaders and activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League on a 10-day remand each in a case lodged under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The remanded accused are-BCL central committee vice-president Rafikul Islam Badhon, Satkhira district BCL general secretary Md Sumon Hossain, activists Mesbahul Islam, Saiful Islam Saif, Mostafizur Rahman, Sheikh Rasheduzzaman and Mamun Sheikh.
Dhaka additional chief metropolitan magistrate Shahidul Islam passed the order.
According to the case documents, leaders and activists of the BCL gathered in the capital鈥檚 Paltan area on October 31, to destabilise the country.
They chanted different anti-state slogans during the time.
The police later filed the case with the Paltan police in this connection.