UNB, Dhaka :
A court here on Saturday put Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna on a 10-day fresh remand in a sedition case filed in connection with the recently-leaked ‘telephone conversations’ with BNP vice-chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka.
Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ataul Haque passed the order when Firoz Kabir, inspector (investigation) of Gulshan Police Station and also investigation officer of the case, produced Manna before it and sought a 10-day remand.
On Thursday, a sedition case was filed against Mahmudur Rahman Manna and BNP vice-chairman Sadeque
Hossain Khoka in connection with the leaked ‘telephonic conversation’ between the two leaders.
Sohel Rana, a sub-inspector of the police station, filed the case against him Under Section 131 of the Penal Code.
Earlier on February 24, plainclothes police picked up Manna from a Banani house in the city.
Later on February 25, Rapid Acton Battalion (RAB) confirmed Manna’s arrest and handed him over to the Gulshan Police Station.
On the same day, a Dhaka court placed him on a 10-day remand in the case.
Two audio clips of the conversations purportedly between Manna and BNP leader Khoka were leaked on February 22. In the conversations, Manna reportedly provoked the BNP leader to unleash a bloody clash on the Dhaka University campus.
A court here on Saturday put Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna on a 10-day fresh remand in a sedition case filed in connection with the recently-leaked ‘telephone conversations’ with BNP vice-chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka.
Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ataul Haque passed the order when Firoz Kabir, inspector (investigation) of Gulshan Police Station and also investigation officer of the case, produced Manna before it and sought a 10-day remand.
On Thursday, a sedition case was filed against Mahmudur Rahman Manna and BNP vice-chairman Sadeque
Hossain Khoka in connection with the leaked ‘telephonic conversation’ between the two leaders.
Sohel Rana, a sub-inspector of the police station, filed the case against him Under Section 131 of the Penal Code.
Earlier on February 24, plainclothes police picked up Manna from a Banani house in the city.
Later on February 25, Rapid Acton Battalion (RAB) confirmed Manna’s arrest and handed him over to the Gulshan Police Station.
On the same day, a Dhaka court placed him on a 10-day remand in the case.
Two audio clips of the conversations purportedly between Manna and BNP leader Khoka were leaked on February 22. In the conversations, Manna reportedly provoked the BNP leader to unleash a bloody clash on the Dhaka University campus.
