Mutiny suspects placed on seven-day remand
Thursday, 5 March 2009
A Dhaka court Wednesday remanded the alleged leader of the February 25-26 BDR mayhem Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) Touhidul Alam, and four others into CID custody for seven days, report UNB and bdnews24.com.
The five, arrested by RAB the previous day, were produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court at noon, in bullet-proof vests and helmets with hands cuffed behind their backs.
CID officials requested ten days' remand for interrogation.
Dhaka chief metropolitan magistrate Md Abdur Rahim granted seven days.
The CID officials had already begun grilling the five BDR personnel after Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) handed them over after their arrest.
"They have already faced primary questioning," CID official Abdul Qahhar Akhand told the news agency before the five were taken to court.
Touhid, a deputy assistant director of the border force, had led a 'rebel team' in negotiations with the government during 33-hour mutiny that was quelled last Thursday.
Two days later, the government sued him and five others, charging them with treason, murder, arson and looting.
DAD Abdur Rahim, arrested and remanded alongside Touhid, was also named in the case filed by Lalbagh police on February 28.
The other three in remand -- Habilder Azad Ali, Nayek Md Feroz Ahmed and Sepoy Zahir Hossain -- were not among those initially named in the case that also accuses over 1,000 'unnamed' BDR men.
US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has agreed to help Bangladesh in forensic investigation into the BDR Headquarters carnage.
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina sought the FBI assistance during her telephone conversation with US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher on March 1.
Boucher spoke on behalf of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and offered the US assistance.
Acting Deputy State Department Spokesperson Gordon Duguid told a regular press briefing in Washington Tuesday that they have received a request from the Bangladesh government for the FBI help in forensic investigation into the mutiny.
"I believe the FBI has agreed to do that," Duguid told a correspondent. He, however, could not give further details about when, where and how the FBI will work.
The five, arrested by RAB the previous day, were produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court at noon, in bullet-proof vests and helmets with hands cuffed behind their backs.
CID officials requested ten days' remand for interrogation.
Dhaka chief metropolitan magistrate Md Abdur Rahim granted seven days.
The CID officials had already begun grilling the five BDR personnel after Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) handed them over after their arrest.
"They have already faced primary questioning," CID official Abdul Qahhar Akhand told the news agency before the five were taken to court.
Touhid, a deputy assistant director of the border force, had led a 'rebel team' in negotiations with the government during 33-hour mutiny that was quelled last Thursday.
Two days later, the government sued him and five others, charging them with treason, murder, arson and looting.
DAD Abdur Rahim, arrested and remanded alongside Touhid, was also named in the case filed by Lalbagh police on February 28.
The other three in remand -- Habilder Azad Ali, Nayek Md Feroz Ahmed and Sepoy Zahir Hossain -- were not among those initially named in the case that also accuses over 1,000 'unnamed' BDR men.
US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has agreed to help Bangladesh in forensic investigation into the BDR Headquarters carnage.
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina sought the FBI assistance during her telephone conversation with US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher on March 1.
Boucher spoke on behalf of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and offered the US assistance.
Acting Deputy State Department Spokesperson Gordon Duguid told a regular press briefing in Washington Tuesday that they have received a request from the Bangladesh government for the FBI help in forensic investigation into the mutiny.
"I believe the FBI has agreed to do that," Duguid told a correspondent. He, however, could not give further details about when, where and how the FBI will work.