BNP leader Dudu on remand, Alal sent to jail after remand

Shamsuzzaman Dudu, Vice-Chairman of the BNP.

A Dhaka court Monday placed BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu on a three-day remand in a case filed over vandalizing the Chief Justice's residence during BNP-police clash on October 28.

Claiming himself innocent, Dudu told the court that the attack on the residence of Chief Justice was deplorable and demanded a neutral probe into the incident.

Dudu made such a comment during the hearing on a five-day remand prayer sought by Detective Branch (DB) of police.

“I was not involved in the incident,” Dudu told the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shafi Uddin demanding his bail.

In the forwarding report, Md Rafiqul Islam, an Inspector of the Detective Branch of Police and also the Investigation Officer of the case, said BNP leader Dudu is an FIR-named accused, and they found his involvement as an instigator in the incident. So, the accused needs to be remanded to find out vital clues about the incident.

The defense lawyer, however, submitted an application seeking bail for his client on grounds that Dudu was implicated in the case as part of a conspiracy to harass him, said Taherul Islam Tauhid, one of the defense lawyers.

Rejecting the defense, the court granted three days’ remand to question the BNP leader. 

Detectives arrested Dudu in Dhaka Cantonment area early Monday.

Meanwhile, another Dhaka court sent BNP Joint Secretary General Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal to jail on completion of his five-day remand in a case filed over vandalizing the Muktijuddha Museum of Razarbagh Police Lines during a clash with policemen on October 28.

Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rashidul Alam of Dhaka CMM Court passed the order after Paltan Police Station Sub-Inspector Farhad Matubbar, also the Investigation Officer (IO) of the case, produced Alal before the court on expiry of his five-day remand.

SI Matubbar said that the accused gave important information about the incident which was being verified. So, the IO appealed to the court to confine him in jail until the investigation is completed.

Alal was arrested from a Dhaka Bank branch in Shahinbag area of the capital on October 31. - Special Correspondent