13 BNP, JCD men remanded in Sylhet over assault on cops

SYLHET, May 10 (UNB): A Sylhet court on Wednesday placed 13 leaders and activists of BNP and its student front Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on a one-day remand in a case over alleged involvement in police assault and obstruction of government work.

Sylhet Kotwali police station arrested them on Tuesday and produced them in the court seeking a five-day remand for each.

However, Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate third court Judge Sharmin Khanam placed them on a one-day remand each, said Sylhet District BNP General Secretary Emran Ahmed Chowdhury, who appeared for them at the court.

On May 2, police arrested eight leaders and activists from a Chhatra Dal procession in the Chowhatta area of Sylhet. Later, Sub-inspector (outpost in-charge) Kazi Jamal Uddin of Kotwali police station's Shahjalal R. investigation centre filed a case against eight named people and 150 to 200 unnamed individuals.