Hasan Sarwardi placed on 8-day remand

A Dhaka court has placed Lieutenant General (Retd) Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardi on an eight-day remand in connection with a case filed for committing treason by resorting to lies.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin passed the order following hearing in the case on Wednesday (November 1) afternoon.

Earlier, the Detective Branch (DB) of police’s inspector Md Jamal Uddin Mir produced the accused before the court with 10-day remand prayer.

A team of DB police on Tuesday arrested him from Savar, outskirt of Dhaka city.