A court in Dhaka placed former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on a four-day remand in a case filed over manipulating the national elections.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman passed the order on Monday after investigation officer of the case produced the former CEC before the court and pleaded to place him on a 10-day remand.
Earlier on June 22, police detained KM Nurul Huda from his Uttara residence in Dhaka. Later, he was shown arrested in the case.
Earlier on Sunday morning, a four-member BNP delegation, led by National Executive Committee member Salahuddin Khan, filed the case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station against 24 individuals, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former CECs, for manipulating the national elections held in 2014, 2018 and 2024.
Former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former CECs Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, KM Nurul Huda and Kazi Habibul Awal, four former Inspectors General of Police (IGP), and former Chiefs of Special Branch (SB), National Security Intelligence (NSI) and Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) had been accused in the case.