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7-day remand sought for Didarul, Minhaz

7-day remand sought for Didarul, Minhaz

Police want Rashtrachinta activist Didarul Bhuiyan and Dhaka Stock Exchange director Minhaz Mannan Emon in seven day remand in a case filed under the Digital Security Act, allegedly for spreading rumours and carrying out anti-government activities.

They were sent to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court for the bail hearing.

"We prayed for a seven-day remand for each," said Ramna Police Sub-Inspector Jamshedul Alam, also the investigation officer of the case.

Didarul was picked up from his house in the capital's North Badda on May 5 evening.

Another accused, businessman Minhaz, had been missing for over a day before he was shown arrested in the case yesterday.

Rab-3 personnel handed both of them over to police yesterday evening.

Of the other accused, Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and writer Mushtaq Ahmed landed in jail yesterday after they were produced before a Dhaka court.

Eleven people, including a cartoonist, two journalists and a writer, were charged with "spreading rumours and carrying out anti-government activities" under the Digital Security Act yesterday.

Swedish-Bangladeshi journalist Tasneem Khalil, who runs Netra News, US-based journalist Shahed Alam and blogger Asif Mohiuddin are among those named in the case filed by Rab-3 Assistant Director Abu Bakar Siddique with the Ramna Police Station.