Shawkat on remand

A Dhaka court placed on Wednesday journalist Shawkat Mahmud on a three-day remand in an arson case filed with the city's Ramna thana, reports UNB.

Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate's Court Shahriar Mahmud Adnan passed the order when DB sub-inspector Shafiqul Islam, also the investigation officer of the case, produced him before the court seeking a 10-day remand after showing him arrested in the arson case.

The court also turned down a bail petition filed by his counsel Masud Ahmed Talukder.

Earlier January 9, a group of miscreants hurled a petrol bomb on a private car in the city's Moghbazar area in front of Celebration Community Centre, leaving its driver injured with burns.