Politics

HC scrapped Manna`s remand order

The high Court on Thursday scrapped a lower court order allowing detained Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna to be remanded in police custody for interrogation in a sedition case saying, instead, he could be quizzed at the jail gate, if required.A High Court division bench comprising Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Md Khasruzzaman passed the order following a plea submitted by Manna`s lawyer Shahdin Malik.A lower court earlier placed Manna on a 10-day remand but he fell sick after the third day and had to be admitted to a hospital.After his recovery, the prosecution again pleaded him to be placed under fresh remand for the remaining seven days, prompting Manna`s lawyers to seek the High Court intervention.Gulshan Police Station filed the sedition case against Manna and BNP leader Sadek Hossain Khoka on March 5.