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A Dhaka court has placed Kazi Md Mamunur Rashid, secretary general of the Raushon Ershad-led faction of the Jatiya Party, on six days’ remand in an anti-terrorism case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana Haque issued the remand order on Monday in response to a petition from the investigating officer, bdnews24.com reports.
Mamunur was arrested near The Westin Dhaka hotel on Sunday by police detectives.
Police allege he is an associate of Enayet Karim Chowdhury, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin who was detained for “suspicious movement” on Dhaka’s Minto Road.
After producing Mamunur Rashid in court, police sought a 10-day remand to interrogate him in custody.
The court subsequently granted them six days' remand after rejecting Mamunur's bail plea.
According to the case statement, Enayet went to the US in 1988 and received citizenship in 2004.
He allegedly arrived in Bangladesh from New York on Sept 6 as an “agent of a foreign intelligence agency” with the aim of toppling the country’s interim government.
Enayet was detained on Sept 13 after being spotted “moving suspiciously” in a Prado jeep in the Minto Road area. When asked why he was there, he could not provide an answer. He was subsequently taken into custody and two iPhones were seized from him.
He was later booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act at Ramna Model Police Station. Enayet has since been interrogated twice on seven days’ remand.
Another associate of Enayet, SM Golam Mostafa Azad, was remanded for five days for questioning. Investigators say Mamunur's involvement was uncovered during the probe, leading to his arrest.