Published : 07 Sep 2026, 09:32 PM
Updated : 16 Sep 2026, 11:48 AM
A Dhaka court has granted police five days to interrogate a man in custody in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act over an alleged attempt to enter Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s security cordon in Farmgate.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana Haque issued the remand order on Monday after hearing a petition from the investigating officer.
The man has been identified as 29-year-old Mohibullah Mubin.
Police say the incident occurred as the prime minister was heading to a programme at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh auditorium marking the BNP’s 48th founding anniversary.
His motorcade travelled from the Prime Minister’s Office through Bijoy Sarani and Urojahaj Crossing before reaching the venue.
According to police, Mubin tried to enter a lane near the motorcade on his motorcycle shortly after it had passed through the area.
A traffic sergeant stopped him and handed him over to police.
Tejgaon Police later took Mubin and his motorcycle into custody and filed a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Investigating officer Asadur Rahman sought seven days’ remand after placing Mubin under arrest in the case on Sunday.
The court sent him to jail that day after the investigating officer failed to appear and fixed Monday for the remand hearing.
Arguing for remand, the investigating officer told the court that Mubin was involved in Awami League politics.
Prosecutor Shamsuddoha Sumon also backed the petition, describing the incident as “sensitive in the current context”.
He alleged that Mubin had entered the prime minister’s motorcade as part of a wider conspiracy and with the aim of putting the prime minister at risk.
The prosecution also alleged that Mubin had links to the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student front of the Awami League, and claimed he had acted as an agent of India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
Defence counsel Rabiul Alam Jewel rejected the allegations and sought bail.
He told the court that Mubin had acted “out of emotion”, had gone there hoping to see the prime minister, and had not been carrying any weapon.
The lawyer also said Mubin had no political post and had been arrested over suspicion.
The court later granted five days’ remand.
Mubin’s wife said her husband had gone to the area to meet the prime minister and take a photograph.
As he was being taken away from court, Mubin told reporters: “I only went there to take a photo. Nothing else.”
