Kanak Sarwar’s sister Raka remanded in 2 cases

A Dhaka court on Wednesday put Nushrat Shahreen Raka, sister of US expatriate journalist Kanak Sarwar, on a five-day remand in two cases-one filed under the Narcotics Control Act and another under the Digital Security Act(DSA).

Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Abu Bakar Siddique put her on a 3-day remand in the DSA case while Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nivana Khayer placed her on a 2-day remand in the Narcotics case when police produced her before their courts with a 7-day remand prayer in each case.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested Nushrat Shahreen Raka Tuesday from the city's Uttara area for spreading anti-state propaganda through online platforms.

Rab members seized a mobile phone set, a passport and some Ice or Crystal Meth from her possession during the arrest.

During primary interrogation of Rab, Raka confessed that she is an active member of a group which is involved in anti-state propaganda, said a Rab press release.