11 BNP men sent to jail over attack on Justice Manik

A Dhaka court has sent 11 leaders and activists of BNP and its student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal to jail after end of their two-day remand in a case lodged over the alleged attack on former Supreme Court judge AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahidul Islam passed the order on Sunday (November 6).

Earlier, police produced them before the court and pleaded to keep them behind the bars till the end of probe in the case.

The 11 accused are- Maksudur Rahman Sumit, Md Sakhawat Hossain Khan, Md Robin Khan, Md Sagor, Md Jasim Uddin Bhuiyan, Md Harun Ur Rashid, Motiur Rahman, Shamim Rahman, Jamal Hossain, Ariful Islam and Abu Taher.

The same court also placed BNP activist Abul Bashar on a two-day remand in the case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari on November 3 had placed 11 leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal on two-day remand each.

Md Rafiqul Islam, gunman of the former Supreme Court judge filed the case with Paltan Police Station on November 2 against 40/50 unnamed leaders and activists of BNP for attacking him, Justice Manik , his driver, and vandalising his car.