Retd Major Hafiz remanded in anti-state conspiracy case

A Dhaka court on Sunday placed retired army officer Major Khondokar Abdul Hafiz on a four-day remand for interrogation in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Cyber Security Act with Pallabi police station in the capital over his alleged involvement in an anti-state conspiracy.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rakibul Hasan passed the order following a hearing, said Prosecution Division Sub-Inspector Abu Bakar Siddique.

Earlier, Inspector Sheikh Bashir Ahmed of the DB Cyber and Special Crime (South) Division, also the investigation officer in the case, produced the accused before the court and sought a seven-day remand for interrogation.

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State prosecutor Harun-or-Rashid argued in favour of the remand, while defence lawyer Jamal Uddin Bhuiyan sought cancellation of the remand petition and bail for the accused. After hearing both sides, the court granted a four-day remand.

Earlier on late Saturday night, Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Detective Branch (DB) arrested Khandaker Abdul Hafiz from the capital's Banani area.