A Dhaka court has placed the suspected arms supplier of the Holey Artisan attack on remand for five days.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Kanak Barua ordered the remand after Rapid Action Battalion 3 (RAB 3) Superintendent of Police Md Kafil Uddin produced accused Md Mamunur Rashid alias Ripon alias Rezaul Karim alias Reza before the court with a 10-day remand petition.
Earlier, Reza was arrested in a drive by RAB in Gazipur. He has been placed on remand for a case filed with Sabujbagh police station under the Anti-Terrorism Act last April.
Reza was one accused in the charge sheet of the Holey Artisan attack, RAB said in an SMS.
According to the SMS, Reza supplied money, arms and explosives for the militant attack.
He was also a member of Majlish-e-Sura unit of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
RAB Legal and Media Wing Director Mufti Mahmud Khan confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune.
RAB also recovered Tk1.5 lakh in cash in the drive.
