15 BNP men placed on two days remand

15 leaders and activists of BNP and its student wing Jatiyatabadi Chatra Dal were placed on a two-day remand each in a case filed
over clash with police in capital's Naya Paltan area on October 26.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Asheq Imam passed the order on Thursday as police produced 15 BNP men before the court and pleaded for a seven-day remand for each.
The 15 remanded accused are Abu Sufian, Jihadul Haque Ronju, Jhalak Miah, Abu Hanna Talukder, Al Imran, Shahadat Hossain, Sajib, Habibur Rahman Habib, Atikur Rahman Apu, Hasan Ali, Mutasim Billah, Gazi Sultan Jewel, Rezaul Islam Prince, Shukkur and Abul Hossain Hawlader Ashiq.
BNP organized a peace rally on Tuesday in protest of recent communal violence across the country. But the party activists turned violent when the law enforcers barred them from going outside the Naya Paltan area. Police later detained 50 BNP men in connection with the clash and filed the case against 97 leaders and activists of the party.