Attack on Shamim: 7 put on 5-day remand

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Court Correspondent :
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) placed seven suspects on a five-day remand each in connection with gun attack on Awami League Central Executive Committee member AKM Enamul Hoque Shamim.
The accused persons are Monir Hossain alias Monir, Mehedi Hasan alias Saikat, Nazrul Islam alias Jewel, Mohammad Harun, Rana Hawladar, Nazimul Haque, and Nur-e-Alam Siddiqi.
Magistrate Mostafizur Rahmand passed the order after Motiur Rhaman, Officer-in-Charge (investigation) of Dhanmondi Police Station, produced the accused to the court with a 10-day remand prayer for each.
In the remand prayer, OC Motiur Rahman, also the investigation officer (IO) of the case, said that the seven accused were either directly or indirectly involved with the incident. They need to be taken on remand to discover the motive behind the attack and the whereabouts of those involved with the shooting.
Meanwhile, the defence lawyers submitted separate bail petitions for their clients saying that they were implicated in the case as a part of conspiracy to harass them. Of the seven, Detective Branch of police arrested Rana Hawladar, Nazimul Haque andNur-e-Alam at Paltan, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar and New Eskaton in the capital last night.
The other suspects were picked up by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members in separate drives in the capital and different other parts of the country between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
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