Staff Reporter :
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent expelled Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan on a three-day remand in a money laundering case.
Judge of the Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Dhaka, Md Ziaur Rahman, passed the order after holding a virtual hearing on a petition filed by the Investigation Officer of the case and CID Sub-Inspector Rashedur Rahman for a 10-day remand for him.
During the hearing, Khalid Mahmud was connected from Kashimpur jail through video conference. Motaleb Hossain, a Sub Inspector of Motijheel Police Station and also General Register Officer in the CMM Court, confirmed the information.
Earlier in the day, Khalid was shown arrested in the case.
The Supreme Court on June 7 cleared the barriers and directed all magistrates across the country to hold virtual hearings on remand prayers through video conferencing with concerned jail authorities.
Before issuance of the gazette notification, it was a mandatory provision of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) that during the hearing of a remand prayer, the accused must be produced before the court.
During the reamand hearing, the conducting magistrate eye-witnessed the accused through video conference and held a hearing.
Before the hearing, the magistrate sent a link to the authorities of Kashimpur High Security Jail in Gazipur custodian for the accused in the case.
Defence lawyer also submitted a petition seeking cancellation of the remand prayer through an email and took part in hearing through video conferencing.
On June 7, CID Inspector Mohammad Ibrahim Hossain filed the case with Motijheel Police Station against Khalid and three others for laundering around Tk 85.0 million to Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand till December 31 of 2019.
Rab arrested Khalid from his Gulshan residence on September 18 last year. Police seized one shotgun, two pistols, 57 rounds of shotgun bullets, 53 rounds of pistol bullets and 585 pieces of yaba pills from his residence on that day.
Later, five cases, including a money laundering case, were filed against Khalid with Gulshan and Motijheel Police Stations. He was remanded for several days in the cases.
