24 Jailed After Remand in Gulshan ‘Joy Bangla’ Rally Case

A Dhaka court on Sunday sent 24 accused to jail after they completed a 10-day remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act over a procession chanting “Joy Bangla” and two cocktail blasts in Gulshan.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana also rejected bail petitions filed on behalf of 15 of the accused.

Gulshan Police Station Sub-Inspector Ruhul Amin, the investigation officer, produced the accused before the court after the completion of their remand and sought their detention in jail. After hearing both sides, the court passed the order.

The accused include A Rahim, Jahangir Hossain, Alamgir Hossain, Sabbir Hossain, Kamrul Hasan (Alam), Munna Mia, Samin Yasir (Sadaf), Ratul, HM Zakaria Rahman Oman, Minhajul Islam Fahad, Sohel Ahmed, Sohorab, Hazrat Ali, Azharul Islam Masud, Chan Mia, Habib Sikder, Zahir Hossain, Mehedi Hasan, Kabir Bhandari, Babul Gop, Farid Ahmed, Indranil Deb Sharma, Nazrul Islam and Masud Hasan Shamim.

According to the case statement, a procession involving several hundred people was brought out in the Gulshan-1 area on September 11. Two cocktails were allegedly exploded from the procession when police moved to disperse it. Police then fired two rounds of rubber bullets to bring the situation under control.

Gulshan police filed the case under the Anti-Terrorism Act the same day, naming 118 people and 80–100 unidentified persons as accused. Police said more than 50 people have so far been arrested in the case. 

M. A. Latif/ sks