March 26 violence in Dhaka: 3 Hefajat leaders remanded Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Three leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam were placed on remand for different terms in two cases filed with Paltan Police Station over last month s violence in Dhaka.
Mufti Habibullah Mahmud Quasemi, an executive member of now defunct Hefajat s central committee; and Mufti Faisal Mahmud Habibi, former joint secretary general of Hefajat s Dhaka city unit, were placed on three-day remand each in the case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim passed the order after Md Kamrul Hasan Talukder, an inspector of Detective Branch of Police and also the investigation officer of the case, produced the duo before his court with a 10-day remand for each in the case.
Two top Hefajat leaders remanded
Khaled Saifullah Ayubi (L) and Maulana Ihteshamul Haque Sakhi. Photo: collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
A Dhaka court today placed two leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam on different periods of remand in two separate cases filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem and recent violence in Dhaka.
The leaders are, Khaled Saifullah Ayubi, joint secretary general of Hefajat-e-Islam and Maulana Ihteshamul Haque Sakhi, joint office secretary of Hefajat.
Khaled Saifullah was placed on a five-day remand in the case filed with Paltan Police Station over the violence on March 26 protesting the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi while Sakhi was placed on a four-day remand in the case filed with the same police station over the 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.
Hefajat leader Khaled Saifullah Ayubi arrested from Manikganj
Khaled Saifullah Ayubi. Photo: Collected
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Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested a Hefajat-e-Islam leader from his village home in Manikganj early today.
The arrestee Khaled Saifullah Ayubi is the joint secretary general of Hefajat s central committee, a Hefajat leader said.
A team of Rab arrested Saifullah, an accused in a case filed with Paltan Police Station following recent violence in March this year, from Singair Upazila, Commander Khandaker Al Moin, Rab s Legal and Media Wing director, told The Daily Star.
With him, at least 13 top leaders of the Islamist group have been arrested in recent times.
Cases Over Mayhem: 3 more Hefajat leaders arrested
Maulana Khurshid Alam Quasemi. Photo: Collected Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Three more Hefajat leaders were arrested in cases filed over violence in 2013 and March this year while five, including four arrested earlier, were placed on remand yesterday.
Meanwhile, 16 cases filed after the recent violence by Hefajat-e-Islam in six districts were transferred to the Police Bureau of Investigation.
Rab arrested Khaled Saifullah Ayubi, joint secretary general of Hefajat, in Manikganj early yesterday. He is accused in a case filed with Paltan Police Station after the violence in March this year, Commander Khandaker Al Moin, Rab s Legal and Media Wing director, told The Daily Star.