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Published : 09 Jul 2026, 04:56 PM
Two Bangladeshi men returned from Singapore have been placed on a three-day remand after being shown arrested on suspicion of links to militant organisations.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order on Thursday after police sought a five-day remand, said Public Prosecutor Muhammad Shamsuddoha Sumon.
The two suspects are Sahedul Islam and Rishad Tayani.
According to police, the pair had been detained by Singaporean authorities while living there over alleged links to militant organisations.
They were sent back to Bangladesh on Wednesday, when Singapore police placed them on a flight to Dhaka.
After arriving at Shahjalal International Airport, they were taken into custody by police.
Sub-Inspector Ashraful Alam of the airport police produced the two before the court after showing them arrested under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and sought a five-day remand.
In the remand application, the investigating officer said the suspects admitted during preliminary questioning that they had been associated with banned militant organisations while in Singapore.
The application also claimed there was a possibility they could carry out militant attacks in Bangladesh or other countries.
Police said they needed to question the two to determine whether they had links to any banned militant organisation in Bangladesh, whether they had engaged in prohibited activities, who financed any alleged militant activities, whether they had associates in Bangladesh, and whether they were connected to any internationally banned organisations.
During the hearing, prosecutor Sumon argued that remand was necessary because the activities of Bangladeshi workers abroad could damage the country's image.
"Many Bangladeshi workers are employed in Singapore. Such activities could tarnish Bangladesh's reputation," he told the court.
He also said investigators needed to identify any other individuals involved and establish why the suspects had allegedly become involved in such activities.
"Bangladeshi workers are employed in countries including Singapore and Malaysia. Incidents like this could affect Bangladesh's relations with those countries. They need to be questioned in remand," he said.
No lawyer appeared on behalf of the two suspects during the hearing.
The magistrate asked one of the suspects to identify himself. The man introduced himself as Rishad Tayani.
When the judge asked why Singapore police had arrested him, Rishad replied that he had written a Facebook post about a person named "Farabi".
Asked by the court about Farabi's nationality, Rishad said he was "a leader of Hifazat-e Islam in Bangladesh" who had previously been imprisoned in Bangladesh and had since been released.
Rishad told the court that he had made the Facebook post in 2023.
The judge then remarked: "You are remittance warriors. Why did you need to speak about these matters?"
The court later granted police a three-day remand for both suspects.
