Shamim, Kalabagan Club chief on 10 days' remand each

A Dhaka court placed on Saturday 'Jubo League leader' Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim on 10 days' remand in two cases filed under the narcotics control and arm acts, reports UNB.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahmuda Akhter granted a five-day remand in each case.

The court also put Shamim's seven bodyguards on a four-day remand each for interrogation.

Earlier in the day, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) filed three cases - one under the Narcotics Control Act, another under the Anti-money Laundering Act and the under the Arms Act - with Gulshan Police Station against Shamim who was arrested during a drive at his Niketan office on Friday.

Meanwhile, a Dhaka court put on Saturday Kalabagan Krira Chakra president Safiqul Alam Firoz on a 10-day remand -- five-day each in two cases filed under narcotics control and arms acts.

Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court Mahmuda Aktar passed the order when investigation officers of the cases produced him before her court seeking a 10-day remand for him in the two cases each.

The cases were filed against Safiqul Alam in the morning.

On Friday, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained five people, including Safiqul Alam, and recovered a pistol and Yaba pills from the Krira Chakra club office in Kalabagan area.

Safiqul Alam is a former member of Krishak League's central committee.