A court in Dhaka on Thursday sent three people to jail after the completion of their four-day remand in a case filed over an arson attack and subsequent theft at a store room of the Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) in Mirpur-2 under Mirpur Model Police Station.
The accused are DPE research officer Md Jinnat Ali Biswas, store keeper Humayun Kabir Khan and data entry operator Shahid Hossain.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Monirul Islam passed the order after police produced the trio before the court upon completion of their remand and prayed to keep them in custody until the investigation is concluded.
Earlier, on 3 May, the court had granted a four-day remand for interrogation in the same case.
According to case documents, the fire incident occurred between 2am and 4:30am on Friday at a second-floor store room of the DPE office.
Of the 735 laptops stored there, 450 were found intact, 33 were partially damaged, 29 severely damaged, and 140 were completely burnt, while 83 laptops went missing.
Police, reviewing CCTV footage, identified five individuals who allegedly broke into the store room and carried out the incident involving arson and theft.
Following the incident, Assistant Director of the Directorate of Primary Education Md Sazzad Hossain filed a case with Mirpur Model Police Station.
