2013 mayhem in Dhaka: Hefajat leader Jubair on 5-day remand
Maulana Jubair Ahmed
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
Vice-president of Hefajat-e-Islam s Dhaka city unit Maulana Jubair Ahmed was placed on a five-day remand today in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.
Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim passed the order after Md Kamrul Islam Talukder, an inspector of the Detective Branch of police, and also the investigation officer of the case, produced him with a 10-day remand prayer in the case.
In today s remand prayer, the IO said Maulana Jubair and other accused were directly involved with the incident on May 5 of 2013 in the city s Paltan area. Moreover, he refused to disclose the names of others who were responsible for the incidents and that is why he needs to be remanded to gather information about whereabouts of other accused, the IO added.
Cops arrest 2 more Hefajat leaders in city
7 other supporters held in B’baria
Maulana Zunayed Al Habib. Photo: Collected
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Police yesterday arrested two top leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam from the capital along seven supporters of the Islamist group from Brahmanbaria.
The two leaders are Dhaka City unit President Maulana Zunayed Al Habib and an Assistant Secretary General Maulana Jalaluddin Ahmed
Maulana Zunayed is also the joint secretary general of Hefajat, a Qawmi madrasa-based Islamist organisation.
Law enforcers said that the two were arrested in connection with cases filed following the 2013 mayhem and the one in late March this year.
The Police Bureau of Investigation yesterday submitted its probe report over the death of Hefajat-e Islam chief Shah Ahmad Shafi, saying 43 people, including the Islamist outfit's Amir Junaid Babunagari, were involved in "creating an atmosphere that hastened his death". In the report, the PBI recommended that charges of "culpable homicide" be brought against the 43 under