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Bangladesh
Mufti Hannan finally sent to jail
2006-01-24
Mufti Abdul Hannan, operations commander of banned Harkatul Jihad's (HuJi) Bangladesh chapter, was finally sent to the Dhaka Central Jail yesterday 112 days after his arrest. Meanwhile, Abdul Awal, son-in-law of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) chief Abdur Rahman, was shown arrested in another August 17 serial bomb blast case and taken on fresh remand. The Detective Branch (DB) of police accompanied by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) produced Hannan and Awal before the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) on completion of their 10-day remand in a case filed for the blast at Mirpur Road near New Market on August 17 last year.

In the forwarding report, the investigation officer (IO) mentioned that the information obtained from Hannan and Awal is being verified and the two need to be confined to jail custody until the investigation completes. On hearing, Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Alam ordered to send Hannan to jail, as there was no further petition for remand. Seeking another 10-day remand, DB Inspector Hassan Ali, the IO of the blast case filed with Lalbagh Police Station, said Awal was directly involved with the August 17 serial blasts, including the one at Palashi Crossing in the capital. He needs to be interrogated further to find out vital clues to the case and the whereabouts of his accomplices, he said in the forwarding report.

Metropolitan Magistrate Shafique Anwar asked Awal whether he would say anything about the charges brought against him or appoint a lawyer to defend him. He refused to say anything and the magistrate placed him on a six-day remand for interrogation. Hannan has been remanded 15 times for 106 days since his arrest on October 1 last year. Awal was remanded for the 10th time, he has been on remand for 61 days since his arrest on November 18. Mufti Hannan, who dodged arrest for several years, was shown arrested in nine blast cases filed with Tejgaon, Ramna, Motijheel, New Market and Demra police stations. Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh's (JMB) Rajshahi regional chief Awal is a member of the outfit's highest tier Majlish-e-Shura and was captured from a Dinajpur-bound bus at Thakurgaon on November 18.
Posted by:Fred

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