Court puts principal on remand, OC withdrawn

FENI, Apr 10 (UNB): A court here placed on Wednesday Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa principal Sirajuddoula on a seven-day remand.

Two other people were placed on five-day remand each in a case filed over the arson attack on a female student. The other accused are Abser Uddin, lecturer of English Department of the madrasa and student Arif.

Feni Senior Judicial Magistrate Saraf Uddin Ahmed passed the order after police produced the three accused before the court seeking a seven-day remand.

Meanwhile, Moazzem Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Model Police Station, has been withdrawn, said Md Sohel Rana, assistant inspector general (AIG) of police headquarters (PR). Later, he was attached to the Armed Police Battalion (APBn), said superintendent of Feni Police S M Jahangir Sarker.

Besides, the case filed over the arson attack has been transferred to Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI).

On Tuesday, a court in Feni placed four people -- Nur Hossain, Kefayet Ullah, Md Alauddin and Shahidul Islam -- on a five-day remand after their arrest in a case filed over the incident.

The case was filed accusing eight identified people, including madrasa principal Sirajuddoula, lecturer of English Absar Uddin, Feni municipality councilor Maksudul Alam Maksud, and four unidentified persons.