Court rejects bail pleas of 27 arrested over 'Joy Bangla' slogans at Jasad office
Lawyers, including Nilanjana Rifat Survi, appeared for the accused and sought bail, while the state opposed the petitions.
A court has rejected the bail petitions of 27 people arrested on allegations of creating an unstable and disorderly situation inside the central office of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasad) in Paltan by chanting "Joy Bangla" slogans and intimidating people.
Today (28 September) Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter passed the order after a hearing.
The accused were produced before the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court yesterday (27 September) by Paltan Model Police Station Sub-Inspector Md Nazmul Islam. They were shown arrested under Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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The court sent them to jail that night and fixed today for the bail hearing.
Lawyers, including Nilanjana Rifat Survi, appeared for the accused and sought bail, while the state opposed the petitions.
After hearing both sides, the court rejected the bail applications.
The accused are Md Dinarul Alam Tuhin, 50, Iman Ahmed Emon, 45, Molla Mohammad Shahjahan Siraj, 37, Joy Sarker, 31, Md Miraj Ahmed, 19, Md Miraj Mallik, 39, Md Rabiul Islam, 42, Milon Kumar Mohosto, 39, Md Kawsar Hossain, 50, Sri Antar Shil, 40, Jalal Uddin Mondal, 55, Abdul Latif, 46, Shamim Ahmed, 30, Ahmed Ahsan Habib, 43, Md Sujon Ali, 32, Md Tariqul Islam, 37, Md Saifullah Sadeq, 43, Nayan Ali, 30, Sajidul Islam Tuhin, 40, Tajul Islam, 34, Nishkar Samrat Hossain Talukdar, 43, Anwar Hossain, 52, Md Alamgir Hossain, 45, Md Al Amin Howlader, 39, Md Tushar Ali, 50, Md Rashidul Haque, 44, and Mir Muktisur Rahman, 51.
According to the application seeking their detention under Section 54, the accused chanted "Joy Bangla" slogans inside Jasad's central office while police were on duty, creating an unstable and disorderly environment and intimidating people.
They were later detained around 6:30pm on 26 September with the help of police and local people.
The application said the accused could not give satisfactory answers when questioned about why they had come to the scene. Police initially suspected that they might be involved in a cognisable offence.
