Court Correspondent :
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday placed eight fake policemen on a four-day remand each for police interrogation.
Magistrate Atiqur Rahman of the CMM Court granted the remand after Sub-Inspectors Abul Basher and Abdul Kader Mia of Badda Police Station produced them to the court with 40 days’ remand.
‘Anti-kidnapping Squad’ of the Detective Branch (DB) Police earlier nabbed them at city’s Aftabnagar. The accused are Tajul Mridha alias Sujon, Md Jamal Uddin, Md Yakub, Md Mamun Khalifa, Md Shipon, Md Rubel, Md Shisul Sarder and Rafiqullah Shahed.
DB police led by Assistant Commissioner Rahmatullah Chowdhury detained them at Aftabnagar under Badda Police Station on Sunday midnight. Others fled the spot in another microbus.
The law enforcers recovered a microbus, including a pair of handcuff, walkie talkies, a firearm, 20 handmade explosives and a wireless set from the possessions of the miscreants.
Four cases were filed with Badda Police Station about the incident, police source said.