Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur put on 7-day remand

A court in Dhaka has placed Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman arrested for alleged involvement in militancy on a seven-day remand.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury on Tuesday passed the order after police had produced him before the court, seeking a 10-day remand.

The detectives picked up Dr Shafiqur Rahman from Bashundhara Residential area in the capital early Tuesday.

Later, they showed him arrested in the case against his son Dr Rafat Chowdhury filed with Jatrabari Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Dr Rafat from Sylhet district on November 9 for his alleged involvement in militancy.

At that time, CTTC Chief Additional Police Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman told Jago News three members of Ansar Al Islam were arrested from Sayedabad area in capital Dhaka on November 1.

The arrestees are Sejadul Islam Sahab Tanim alias Isa alias Arafat alias Anwar alias Anbir, 24, Md Jahid Hasan Bhuiyan, 21, and Syed Riaz Ahmed, 22. 

In interrogation, they told police that they all joined Ansar Al Islam through Dr Rafat, the Sylhet region chief coordinator of the banned militant outfit, he said.

The trio also gave their statement in court on November 6 under Section 164 where they disclosed the names of Jamaat Ameer's son and other associates, Asaduzzaman said.

In continuation of this, Dr Rafat was arrested from Sylhet, the official added.

The CTTC chief also said Dr Rafat has links with Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO).

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