 Two Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members arrested on Saturday were placed on a seven-day remand yesterday. One of the suspects was caught with a bomb hidden in a sweetmeat box and a bouquet at Moghbazar in the city.
Ramna police produced the two arrestees -- Hafez Ahmed Kadir Mainuddin alias Uday, 21, and Sheikh Arif Uddin, 30 -- before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court, Dhaka at 2:30pm amid tight security. Sub-inspector (SI) Abdullahel Baqui the investigation officer (IO) of the case sought for a 10-day remand for interrogation.
| "We'll start light, with the Number Three truncheon, I believe. And the vise grips, of course..." |
The forwarding report placed before the court by the IO said the two are directly involved in the August 17 countrywide bomb blasts and they were caught while carrying a bomb on Saturday. Moreover, the two had the intention to blast the bomb on the December 31 night in the capital. They need to be quizzed to find out the whereabouts of the mastermind of the plot and their accomplices, the report added.
| Apparently they can't do that while they're simply in jug, I guess because they throw away the key and can't get in... |
The two told the court they were falsely implicated in the case.
"Wudn't me."
"Me, neither." |
They did not know each other. Arif, a student of class nine, said his uncle Sad Uddin Mahmud Kislu is a private secretary (PS) to the home secretary.
| Comes as a surprise, huh? |
After the hearing, Metropolitan Magistrate Shafiq Anwar granted seven days remand for each. The members of Rab-2 arrested madrasa student Uday on Saturday while he was getting into a taxicab at Moghbazar around 2:00pm with the bomb. Following leads from Uday, Rab members arrested Arif at Eastern Plaza at Hatirpool. |