A Dhaka Court has put former superintendent of police (SP) Babul Akhter on a one-day remand in a case filed by Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) chief Banaj Kumar Majumder under the Digital Security Act (DSA).
Judge Arafatul Rakib of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court passed the order after holding a hearing on Thursday.
When police sought a seven-day remand, defence lawyer Shishir Monir opposed the remand prayer and requested for bail.
After hearing both sides, the court rejected the bail plea and put him on remand.
Earlier in the morning, Babul was brought to the court from the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.
Later, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ashek Imam accepted the police’s request to show Babul arrested in the DSA case.
Dhanmondi police station Inspector (Operation) Md Rabiul Islam, also the investigating officer of the case, filed a petition to take Babul on a seven-day remand on Wednesday, citing three reasons, including proper investigation of the case.
On September 27, PBI SP (Dhaka metro north) Jahangir Alam lodged a complaint against four people under the DSA with the police station on behalf of Banaj Kumar, which was later turned into a case.
The other three accused in the case are — Md Habibur Rahman Labu, brother of Babul, Md Abdul Wadud Mia, father of Babul, and journalist Ilias Hossain.
Ilias published a video on his YouTube channel regarding the murder case of Babul’s wife Mitu some days ago.
In the video, he alleged that the PBI chief had intentionally implicated Babul in the case and the latter was tortured in custody.
