A Dhaka court on Friday remanded Hefazat-e-Islam Joint Secretary General Khaled Saifullah Ayubi and its Dhaka city unit Assistant Office Secretary Ehteshamul Haque in two separate anarchy cases.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nivana Khayer Jessy passed the orders.
Police earlier in the day produced Khaled Saifullah Ayubi before the court and pleaded to place him on seven-day remand in a case lodged with Paltan police station over mayhem by Hefazat-e-Islam in March, 2021.
After hearing the police plea, the court placed Ayubi on five-day remand.
The same court also placed Ehteshamul Haque on four-day remand in a case lodged with Paltan police station over Hefazat’s mayhem in May, 2013, capital’s Paltan and adjacent areas.
Police arrested Ayubi from Manikganj in the early hours on Thursday and Ehteshamul from the capital’s Bongshal area on the same day.
On Thursday, a Dhaka court also placed Khaled Saifullah Ayubi on five-day remand in a case lodged over the Islamist group's anarchy in the capital's Paltan and adjacent areas in 2013.
