Jamaat Violence
Taher on seven-day remand
Two Dhaka courts sent seven people including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami central Majlish-e-Shura member and former lawmaker Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher on a seven-day remand each in two separate cases yesterday.
The courts passed the remand order for four days and three days separately when police sought a 12-day remand for each of them.
Rab arrested Taher at Malibagh Chowdhurypara in the capital on Wednesday.
The seven were held on charge of plotting against the government, exploding bombs at the Secretariat, torching buses and attacking policemen at different places during demonstrations in the capital, police sources said.
Police filed the cases with Rampura station.
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