Asaduzzaman Noor sent to jail, Nurul Islam, Mozammel Haque, Shyamal Dutta among others put on remand

The court sent Asaduzzaman Noor and M Mahbub Ali to jail and granted remands for Md Nurul Islam Sujan, Mozammel Haque Babu and Shyamal Dutta, Shahriar Kabir and Rashed Khan Menon.

Former cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor and former state minister for civil aviation and tourism M Mahbub Ali were arrested in separate drives in the capital on Sunday night.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mosharrof Hossain passed the order on Monday after police produced them before the court, seeking confinement in jail until the completion of the investigation in a case filed over the death of hotel staffer Siam Sarder in the capital during the July uprising.

Meanwhile, a Dhaka court yesterday placed former railway minister Advocate Md Nurul Islam Sujan in the Imran Hossain murder case filed with the Jatrabari Police Station. Sujan was arrested from Bangladesh Specialized Hospital in the city's Shyamoli area on Monday.

Additionally, Ekattor TV CEO Mozammel Haque Babu, Daily Bhorer Kagoj Editor Shyamal Dutta and former president of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Shahriar Kabir were placed on a seven-day remand by the court today.

Mozammel Haque Babu and Shyamal Dutta were detained on Monday while allegedly trying to flee to India through the border at Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh.

Mozammel Haque Babu and Shyamal Dutta, among a few other journalists, have been accused in several complaints under the International Crimes Tribunal and several cases at various police stations of the country on charges of inciting violence during the protests led by the Anti-discrimination Student Movement.

Shyamal Dutta is also the general secretary of the National Press Club while Mozammel Haque Babu held the position of the president of Editors Guild since 2020.

On the other hand, Shahriar Kabir was detained on Monday from his residence in relation to a murder case filed with the Banani Police Station.

Meanwhile, President of Bangladesh Workers Party and former civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon has been placed on a three-day remand in a case filed for attacking BNP leader Mirza Abbas during an election campaign in the capital's Shegunbagicha area on 15 December 2018.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque passed the order after the investigating officer of the case produced Menon before the court on 17 September with a five-day remand prayer.

Former MP Enamul Haque arrested

Former member of parliament of Rajshahi-4 Md Enamul Haque has been arrested on charges of inciting violence on the protest rallies led by Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on 5 August. 

Rapid Action Battalion arrested him from Dhaka's Adabar area today, said ANM Imran Khan, assistant director of the legal and media wing of RAB.

Enamul Haque was elected to the Jatiya Sangsad from Rajshahi-4 for three consecutive terms (2008, 2014 and 2018) as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.