Jatiya Party leader Mamunur Rashid remanded for 6 days in anti-terrorism case

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. 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...