A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed police constables Md Delwar Hossain and Md Abu Sayem on a two-day remand in a case lodged over snatching of Tk 54 lakh.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farah Diba Chhonda passed the order as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to place them on seven days of remand.
The court also sent two other accused Md Mosharraf Hossain and Md Abdul Baten to jail after recording their statements under section 164.
According to the case documents, businessman Abul Kalam was going to deposit Tk 54 lakh to Janata Bank Motijheel Branch on the morning of October 8 and as he and his grandson Tanvir Hossain reached in front of UNICARE Hospital in the Dholaipar area, the accused stopped them. They took Kalam inside a microbus by force and snatched the money from him. They threw him out of the vehicle in the Rosulpur area on Mawa Highway.
Abul Kalam later filed the case with Shyampur Police Station. Detective branch of police later arrested the four from different areas of Dhaka.
