Former MP Jafar remanded for 18 days in 7 cases, Awami League holds surprise procession Former MP Jafar remanded for 18 days in 7 cases, Awami League holds surprise procession.
Former MP Jafar remanded for 18 days in 7 cases, Awami League holds surprise procession
Former MP Zafar remanded for 18 days in 7 cases, Awami League holds surprise procession A court has granted 18 days' remand to former MP from Cox's Bazar-1 (Chakoria-Pekua) constituency and Chakoria Upazila Awami League president Zafar Alam in 7 cases.Chakaria Senior Judicial Magistrate Anwarul Kabir issued the order on Wednesday morning following a separate application by investigating officers.
According to court sources, Zafar Alam is an accused in five cases of Chakaria Police Station and two of Pekua Police Station. Out of these, 14 days remand has been granted in 5 cases of Chakaria Police Station and 4 days in 2 cases of Pekua Police Station.। Zafar Alam was taken to the dock at 9:10 am today. After hearings in seven cases, he was taken down from the dock at 9:37 am and taken to Chakaria Police Station.
BNP leaders and activists gathered at the Thana Road head area from 9:30 am on the news of Zafar Alam being brought to court. They held a protest march and a short rally there. Enamul, the convener of Chakaria Upazila BNP, addressed the rally. Haque, Chakaria Municipality BNP General Secretary Abdur Rahim, former General Secretary Fakhruddin Faraiji. The rally demanded that the maximum punishment be given to Zafar Alam.
Meanwhile, some local Awami League leaders and activists took out a protest march in the Moghbazar area of Chakaria Municipality at around 9:30 am, claiming that Zafar Alam was being arrested in a false case and harassed.It was led by Jamal Uddin, former joint general secretary of Chakaria Upazila Awami League, Touhidul Islam, president of Khutakhali Union Jubo League, and Enamul Haque, an activist of Chakaria Municipality Jubo League.
Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) of Chakaria Senior Judicial Magistrate Court Md. Golam Sarwar told Prothom Alo that four murder cases were registered in Chakaria Police Station and two in Pekua Police Station.And in a case under the Explosive Substances Control Act of Chakaria Police Station, the investigating officers separately sought a 24-day remand for Zafar Alam. After the hearing, the court granted a total of 18 days of remand in these cases.
Anwar Hossain, police inspector of the Chakaria Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court, said that Zafar Alam was taken to the Chakaria Court for a remand hearing amid tight security. The army, RAB and police have set up a tight security perimeter around the court. Due to the rain in the morning and the strict action taken by the law enforcement agencies, no chaos was created.
Chakaria Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Shafiqul Islam said that former MP Zafar Alam has been brought to Chakaria Police Station from Chakaria Court for a 14-day remand.Once the remand ends, he will be produced before the Chakaria Senior Judicial Magistrate Court.
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