A court here today placed ward councilor Tarekuzzaman Rajib to a four-day fresh remand in an arms case filed with capital’s Mohammadpur Police Station, reports BSS.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari passed the order as the councillor of ward-33 of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) was produced before the court and investigation officer (IO) and RAB-2 sub-inspector Pranay Kumar Pramanik pleaded to place him on a 10-day fresh remand.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Sayeed on November 4 sent Rajib to jail after end of his remand in two cases filed against him under arms and narcotics acts.
Police on that day also filed a report against the councillor, saying he established a reign of terror in and around Mohammadpur and Adabor areas through his gang.
Terming him as sultan of crime world in those areas, police said Rajib amassed a huge wealth through land grabbing and extortion, using his armed cadres.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Yasmin Ara on October 21 placed the crooked councillor on a seven-day remand in arms and seven-day remand in narcotics cases.
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Rajib from a flat in Basundhara Residential Area on late October 19. The elite crime busting agency seized seven bottles of foreign liquor, a foreign-made pistol, a magazine with three bullets, Taka 33 thousand in cash and a passport from that flat.
RAB on late October 20 handed Rajib over to Bhatara Police Station, filing two cases against him.