Gulshan attack: `Mastermind` Rajib put on remand

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UNB, Bogra :
Two courts here on Monday placed Jahangir Alam alias Rajib Gandhi, a suspected mastermind of Gulshan terror attack who was arrested from Tangail district, on a 15-day
remand in two separate cases.
Bogra Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-2 Judge Kamruzzaman placed Rajib Gandhi, also a member of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), on a seven-day remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act with Shibganj Police Station.
Besides, Judge Abdullah Al Mamun of the Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-4 put Rajib Gandhi on an eight-day remand in a case filed with Sherpur Police Station.
The police officers concerned of Sherpur and Shibganj Police Stations sought a 10-day remand each for the accused.
On February 13, 2016, police arrested two suspected JMB men from Mokamtala in Shibganj upazila while holding a clandestine meeting. During interrogation, one of the arrestees disclosed the name of Rajib Gandhi. Later police shown Rajib arrested in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Meanwhile, two JMB men were killed in a bomb blast while making bombs Garidah area in Sherpur upazila on April 3, 2016. A case was filed under the Explosive Substances Act later. During investigation, police found involvement of Rajib in the incident.
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