New Gini Properties project vandalism: 3 accused placed on 3-day remand
The accused were arrested on 27 September.
A Dhaka court today (30 September) has placed three accused on three-day remand in a case filed over vandalism, assault and looting at a New Gini Properties housing project in South Manikdi near ECB Chattar in the capital's Cantonment area.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Siddiq Azad passed the order after a hearing, said state counsel Shamsuddoha Sumon.
The accused are Md Mamun, 32, Md Aslam, 24, and Munna, 29.
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Police produced the three before the court and sought five days' remand for each. Cantonment Police Station Inspector Subrata Debnath, the case investigation officer, said the initial investigation had found preliminary evidence supporting the allegations and that their custody was necessary for a proper investigation.
Mamun and Aslam were arrested from the scene on 27 September, while Munna was arrested later from the Cantonment Police Station area.
According to the case statement, around 50 people entered the New Gini Properties project area in South Manikdi on 26 September and launched an attack, firing around 50 rounds and carrying machetes, knives and sticks.
Several people, including site engineer Md Parvez, were seriously injured, the complaint said.
The attackers looted cash, laptops, computers, BRB cables, cameras and professional media equipment and vandalised vehicles.
The complaint estimates property damage at around Tk1.43 crore and the value of stolen goods at Tk1.50 crore.
The attackers also entered, vandalised and looted popular content creator Salman Muqtadir's Brown Fish studio, located in the project area.
Police came under fire when they arrived at the scene, prompting officers to fire five shotgun rounds in self-defence and to bring the situation under control, according to the case statement.
Police later arrested the three accused and recovered locally made weapons and spent bullet casings from them.
Project official Saiful Islam Bhuiyan filed the case with Cantonment Police Station, naming 13 people and 150-200 unidentified suspects.
