Abu Sayeed Chand, the convener of Rajshahi district unit BNP, has been taken on a 3-day fresh remand in a case filed over “death threat” hurled against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Rajshahi Judicial Magistrate Mahbub Alam granted the remand on Tuesday. The police had produced the 66-year-old before the court and sought a 10-day remand.
Later, the court accepted three days of remand after hearing both sides.
Earlier, police arrested the BNP leader Abu Sayed Chand, who gave death threats to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a public rally a couple of days back.
A joint team of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police and district police arrested him from a private car at Veripara crossing under Rajpara Police Station in the metropolis on May 25 last.
At a rally on Shibchar High School playground in Rajshahi's Puthia upazila on May 19, the BNP leader said that there will be no 27 points or 10 points. The only demand is to send Sheikh Hasina to the grave.
Abu Kalam Azad, a local Awami League leader in Rajshahi, filed the case against him with Puthia Police Station on May 20 last.
