3 accused sent to jail, remand hearing Wednesday

The accused are: Md Mamun, 32, Md Aslam, 24 and Munna, 29, Prosecution Division Sub Inspector Tarikur Rahman confirmed.

The court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur Rahman issued the order on Sunday night following a request by the police.

The court has also fixed Wednesday for a hearing on the five-day remand plea by police.

Earlier, Inspector Subrata Debnath from Cantonment Police Station, also the investigation officer of the case, presented the accused before the court and requested for a five-day remand period.

However, the court sent the accused to jail and fixed Wednesday for the hearing.

According to the police complaint, the accused have confessed to their crimes during interrogation. The complaint made by the plaintiff against the charge-sheeted and the fugitive accused has been proved to be true during preliminary investigation.

The investigation is ongoing and the process might be hampered if the accused get bail, the police complaint added.

Strongly opposing the bail of the accused, the investigation officer told the court that the five-day remand period is necessary for interrogation, which will help proper investigation of the case.

According to the complaint, around 50 individuals entered the project site of New Gini Properties Limited in West Matikata area under Cantonment Police Station without permission on Saturday.

During this time, the individuals shot 50 rounds of bullets and attacked the premises with machetes, knives and sticks, which left site engineer Md Parvez and several others critically injured.

The attack also left the Brownfish Studio, owned by Salman Muqtadir, completely destroyed, with the individuals intruding, vandalising and looting the establishment.

The complaint added that the attackers looted cash money, laptops, BRB cables, cameras and professional media equipment from the studio. A car was also vandalised, with a loss of materials amounting to Tk1.43 crore and a theft of goods worth Tk1.50 crore.     

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Upon receiving the information, police went to the spot and faced firing from the attackers. Police fired back with five rounds of shotgun bullets to protect themselves and bring the situation under control.

Police arrested two charge-sheeted accused from the spot and arrested another accused during a drive later. Bullet shells and locally-made weapons were recovered from their possessions during the drives.

Following the incident, the project’s officer Saiful Islam Bhuiyan lodged a case with Cantonment Police Station, naming 10 people and accusing 150-200 unnamed individuals.