A court in Barguna has sent to jail pending trial of extremist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team’s chief Mufti Jasim Uddin Rahmani and 30 others arrested from a clandestine meeting in the district town.
Published : 13 Aug 2013, 10:56 PM
Barguna district Superintendent of Police Shyamal Kumar Nath said the Chief Judicial Magistrate sent them to jail on Tuesday as police moved the court for a 10-day remand to grill them.
The court fixed Aug 21 for hearing the remand petition.
Police detained them while they were allegedly holding the meeting in a house at Khajurtola on the outskirts of Barguna town on Monday noon.
SP Nath said: “Mufti Jasim Uddin Rahmani is an extremist leader. Important information has been gathered from him. There are two cases against him with Dhaka’s Pallabi and Uttara police stations.”