Court rejects Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur's bail plea

A court in Dhaka has rejected the bail plea of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Dhaka's 1st Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Faisal Atik Bin Kader passed the order after a hearing.

Earlier on December 21 last year, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Mostafa Reza Nur placed the Jamaat Ameer on a three-day remand in the lawsuit.

On December 13, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury granted police seven days for questioning in the same case.

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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