BNP leader Nabi remanded in Benapole Express arson attack case

A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed Dhaka south city unit BNP joint convener Mohammad Nabi Ullah Nabi arrested and placed him on a three-day remand in a case filed over setting fire on Benapole Express train in the capital's Gopibagh area on January 5.
 
Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Julhash Uddin passed the order as police produced Nabi and Jubo Dal activist Monsur Alam before the court and pleaded to place them on 10-day remand.
 
Investigation officer and officer-in-charge of Dhaka Railway Police Station Ferdaus Ahammed Biswas on January 9 had pleaded to show the duo arrested in the case. The court of Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Rabeya Sultana had set Wednesday (today) to pass an order on the plea.
 
Unidentified miscreants on January 5 allegedly set the slow-moving train on fire in the capital's Gopibagh area, causing the death of four innocent passengers. SM Nurul Islam, guard of the train, filed the case the next day.