A court has sent 11 people to jail in a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act for holding a procession in the Banglamotor area of the capital on behalf of Chhatra League and the Awami League, whose activities have been banned.
On Saturday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dilruba Afroz Tithi passed this order, rejecting the bail pleas of the accused.
The accused are: Abir Hossain (27), President of Madaripur’s Elias Ahmed Chowdhury College Chhatra League; Nadim Talukdar (19), a worker of Pirojpur District Chhatra League; Md. Sukkur Howladar (25), a leader of Bhola District Chhatra League; Md. Nazmul (19), a worker of Dhaka District Chhatra League; Md. Jewel (30), a leader of Brahmanbaria Chhatra League; Md. Rana (19), a worker of Tangail Chhatra League; Shihab Munsi (25), a leader of Madaripur Chhatra League; Md. Mizanur Rahman (45) from Kishoreganj; Md. Nabeed Ahmed Nab (24); Sanjib Islam from Mymensingh; and Md. Roman Mia (32) from Netrokona.
On this day, the investigating officer of the case, Sub-Inspector Hafizur Rahman of Ramna Police Station, presented the accused in court and filed two separate petitions seeking their remand. Lawyers for the defense applied for bail.
After the hearing, the judge rejected the bail and ordered them to be sent to jail. Previously, on Friday, they were arrested by police while trying to flee after the procession.
According to the First Information Report (FIR) of the case, on Friday, at 2:50pm, the accused, members of Chhatra League and Awami League, held a procession in front of Rupayan Tower under Ramna Police Station in the capital.
They chanted various anti-government slogans, attempted to invigorate the activities of their banned organisations, and engaged in propaganda aimed at conspiring against and harming the government and the state, thereby committing an offense under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Regarding this incident, police filed a case at Ramna Police Station yesterday.
