The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

BNP chairperson's adviser Brig (Retd) ASM Hannan Shah and his three co-accused were sent to the Dhaka Central Jail after they were produced before the CMM court yesterday at the end of the three-day police remand in a case filed under the emergency rules.Magistrate Habibur Rahman Siddiqui of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court for Dhaka issued the order.

The court sent three other BNP men-Ali Arshad, Babul Ahmed and Mamun-to jail in line with an appeal of investigating officer Asaduzzaman, sub-inspector of Tejgaon Police Station.

Asaduzzaman told the court that the four should be kept behind bars for a further investigation of the case as all the people involved in the November 7 incident could not be identified.

The magistrate asked the jail authorities to provide Hannan Shah, former jute minister, with division.

Lawyers Sanaullah Mia and Masud Ahmed Talukder defended the BNP leader in court.

The same court remanded Hannan Shah on Nov 8 after he was arrested on charges of emergency rules violations. Hannan Shah was arrested at his DOHS home in Mohakhali on Nov 7.

The charges against the BNP leader stemmed from violence near former president Ziaur Rahman's grave in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on National Revolution and Solidarity Day.

Tejgaon police filed the case against eight people, including Hannan Shah. They were arrested on November 8.