Ex-secretary Shahid Khan sent to jail over ‘Mancha 71 plot’

A Dhaka court on Monday sent former senior secretary Abu Alam Shahid Khan to jail after the investigating officer requested to keep him behind bars until the completion of a probe into a “fascist plot to overthrow the interim government.”Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saifuzzaman issued the jail order in response to the plea submitted by Shahbagh Police Station Sub-Inspector and case investigating officer Towfiq Hasan.The arrestee was present at the scene when a “seditious meeting” was being held last month, and his detention is needed to ensure a fair investigation into the incident, Towfiq said.Towfiq Hasan told reporters that he would soon ask the court to put Shahid Khan on remand for getting a better picture into the alleged plot...