A Chattogram court on Friday granted a 7-day remand for the prime suspect and another accused in the lawyer Saiful Islam Alif murder case.聽
Special Magistrate Court judge Kazi Shariful Islam approved the remand for prime suspect Chandan Das, 35, and another accused in the case, Ripon Das, 27, after a hearing at 3:30pm on Friday, said Mofizul Haque Bhuiyan, public prosecutor of Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court.
Chattogram Metropolitan Police additional deputy commissioner Mofiz Uddin, said, 鈥楾he police sought a 10-day remand in custody but the court granted seven days鈥� remand for Chandan聽 Das and five days鈥� remand for Ripon Das.鈥櫬犅�
The accused were brought to court under tight security.聽
After the remand application was granted, lawyers gathered on the court premises, raising slogans demanding death penalty for the perpetrators. They also called for a ban on Hindu religious organisation ISKCON.聽
Prime suspect in the case Chandan Das was arrested from Bhairab railway station on Thursday and was handed over to the Chattogram Metropolitan Police the same night. On the same evening, acting on a tip-off, the police arrested Ripon Das from Anwara upazila of Chattogram. Although Ripon was not initially named in the case, the police identified him as a suspect from video footage.聽
The police said that in the viral video of the incident, Chandan, wearing an orange T-shirt, black pants, and a helmet, was seen attacking lawyer Saiful with a knife. Ripon, wearing a blue shirt and holding a knife, was also captured in the footage.
So far, 11 individuals have been arrested in connection with the lawyer murder.聽
A total of six cases were filed so far over the incidents centring the lawyer murder near the court premises in Chattogram city. Charges in these cases include, among others, obstructing government officers from performing duty and vandalism.
Of the six cases, three have been filed by the police, victim families filed two cases, and a businessman filed the rest one. Altogether 38 people have been arrested in connection with the killing of Saiful.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, the court of Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Saiful Islam rescheduled the bail hearing for Chinmoy Krishna Das for January 2 as no defence lawyer appeared on his behalf.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, the court of Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Saiful Islam rescheduled the bail hearing for Chinmoy Krishna Das for January 2 as no defence lawyer appeared on his behalf.
Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote spokesperson Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, also a former leader of International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in short ISKCON, was sent to jail after his bail plea was rejected on November 26.
He was arrested on sedition charges on November 25 in Dhaka city.