2 suspected FCS members land in jail after remand
The two suspects were produced before a Dhaka court after completing two phases of remand totalling six days.
Highlights
- Two suspected Fatah Combat operatives sent to jail
- Court order follows completion of six-day police remand
- Pair arrested in Jatrabari over alleged extremist links
- Four other suspects previously jailed in same investigation
A Dhaka court today (11 July) sent two suspected operatives of the alleged extremist group Fatah Combat System (FCS) to jail after they completed two phases of police remand in connection with an ongoing investigation.
Confirming the development, Dhaka Metropolitan Prosecution Division Sub-Inspector Masum Khan said Metropolitan Magistrate Albiruni Mir passed the order after police produced Shah Amanat Sabir and Hossain Tanim before the court following six days of remand.
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He also said the court granted the prosecution's plea to keep the two accused in judicial custody.
Investigating Officer AB Siddique, an inspector of Jatrabari Police Station, had sought the order after the remand period ended.
Police first produced the duo before the court on 5 July after showing them arrested under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and sought a seven-day remand. The court initially granted three days of remand for each accused before approving a further three-day remand the following day.
Sabir and Tanim were arrested at around 6:30am on 5 July from the Mini Cox's Bazar area of Jatrabari on suspicion of involvement with the alleged extremist organisation Fatah Combat.
Earlier this week, four other suspects - Junaid, Ataullah Shah, Abidur Rahman and Bayazit - were also sent to jail after completing their remand in connection with the same investigation.
In a related development, police arrested Tahsin Islam from his home in the Kismat Noapara area of Jashore Sadar on 9 July on suspicion of being an active member of the alleged extremist organisation Fatah Combat System (FCS).
The following day, a court showed him arrested under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and ordered that he be sent to jail.
