Sedition-case

An application has been filed seeking 7 days of remand for Lieutenant (retd.) Kazi Gulshan Ara and Colonel (retd.) Debashish Kumar Barua, who were arrested in a treason and anti-terrorism case lodged with Pallabi Police Station, in the capital.On Monday, Inspector Sheikh Bashir Ahmed of the Police Detective Branch (DB) filed the remand application citing five reasons. The hearing on the matter will be held in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Didarul Alam.The five reasons stated are: To...

A court in Dhaka has granted police custody to remand four individuals, including Al-Nur Mohammad Ayas, president of Rashtra Sanglap Forum, in a sedition case filed over the defacement of a Rabindranath Tagore graffiti with whitewash and black paint.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Joshita Islam passed the order on Sunday following a hearing.The court granted a three-day remand each for Ayas and Md. Sakibul Hasan, while Md. Sujon Mia and Khondokar Marjia Khondokar Rimi were placed on a t...

The family of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari has applied for his parole to see his critically ill elderly mother. However, the District Magistrate's office has informed them that there is no provision for parole on grounds of a relative's illness.Chinmoy's elder brother, Ranjan Kumar Dhar, today (Wednesday), submitted the application to the District Magistrate of Chattogram, Mohammad Zahidul Islam Miah, who, by virtue of his office, also serves as the president of the jail management committee....

A partial hearing on charge framing has been held against deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 286 others in a sedition case. The court set Sept. 30 for the remaining hearing. Dhaka’s Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Moin Uddin Chowdhury set the date on Tuesday. According to the case documents, 24 accused who are currently in jail were produced before the court in the case. Of them, 20 were men and four were women. They were then placed in the dock, and the hear...