2 cops placed on remand thrice for instigation through Facebook posts
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court today placed two police constables on remand for two more days over their alleged involvement in creating anarchy in the police department through their Facebook posts.
A team of the Detective Branch (DB) today produced constable Shohaibur Rahman of Jashore Police Lines and constable Sajib Sarkar of Rajarbagh Police Lines before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Arfatul Rakib with a plea for five more days of remand.
The cops have just completed two terms of remand.
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The lawyers of the accused opposed and pleaded for their bail. But the prosecution opposed the bail petition and pleaded for remand.
The court heard both the sides and granted two more days remand rejecting the bail petition.
Earlier, on September 16, MM Mosharaf Hossain granted them three days remand and another two days on September 19 for further investigation in this connection.
Sub-Inspector (SI) Amit Hasan Mahmud of Shahjahanpur Thana filed a case against Shohaibul and Sajib on 16 September alleging that they were involved in creating anarchy in the department through various posts and comments on their Facebook profiles from 6 August to 15 September.
They, along with their accomplices, were also involved in creating confusion, hatred and communal flare up by disseminating false, fabricated information and rumours among the people by using their Facebook posts, he added.
