Court Correspondent :
Rafiqul Islam Madani, widely known as ‘Shishu Bokta’ was yesterday placed on remand in two cases filed with Motijheel and Tejgaon police stations in the capital.
A virtual court in Dhaka placed Madani on a four-day remand in a case filed with Motijheel Police Station over violence on March 25.
Magistrate Abu Sufiyan Md Noman of Dhaka CMM Court passed the order after Md Kamrul Hasan Talukder, an
Inspector of the Detective Branch of Police and Investigation Officer (IO) of the case, submitted a 10-day remand petition. Earlier in the day, Madani was shown arrested in the case after the IO submitted another petition, even though Madani’s name was not included in the First Information Report (FIR) of the case.
During the hearing, the Magistrate sent a virtual link to the jail authorities of Kashimpur High-Security Jail of Gazipur and later placed him on remand.
The case was filed against 51 named and 200-300 unnamed leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam with Motijheel Police Station on March 25 for the charges of preventing policemen from discharging their duties.
Meanwhile, Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim placed Madani on a five-day remand in another case filed with Tejgaon Model Police Station, under the Digital Security Act, after Sub-Inspector of the police station Shoibuddin Ahmed submitted a seven-day remand petition. One Mohammad Mamun filed the case with the police station on April 11.
Madani was arrested from the Motijheel area on that day during a demonstration protesting the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the occasion of the golden jubilee of independence, and later he was freed.
On April 7, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Madani from his ancestral home in Netrokona’s Purbatola area.
The same court on Wednesday placed Maulana Korban Ali Kasemi, Joint Secretary General of Bangladesh Khilafah Majlis and also Vice-President of Hefazat-e-Islam Dhaka Mahanagar committee, on a seven-day remand in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the mayhem of 2013 in Dhaka.
Magistrate passed the order after Inspector Md Kamrul Hasan produced him in his court with a 10-day remand plea. In the remand petition, the IO said Kasemi was directly involved with the incident, and he needs to be remanded to know the names and addresses of other accused responsible for committing such serious offences.
On the other hand, the defense submitted a bail petition and also sought cancellation of the remand petition, saying that their client was not involved with the incident. Upon hearing both sides, the court turned down the defense pleas and placed Kasemi on a seven-day remand.
A team of DB of Gulshan Division Police arrested Kasemi from the capital’s Bashabo area on Tuesday afternoon.
