Hefajat-e-Islam leader Mufti Harun Izhar has given his confessional statement over the mayhem in Chattogram. The arrested central Hefajat leader Mufti Harun Izar today gave his confessional statement before a court of Chattogram in connection with the cases filed over the mayhem in Hathazari upazila on March 26 during the protests against Indian PM Modi's visit.
Hefajat’s mayhem: Mufti Harun Izhar on 9-day remand
Mufti Harun Izhar
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A court in Chattogram placed Hefajat-e-Islam s central leader Mufti Harun Izhar on nine-day remand today, in three cases filed with Hathazari Police Station over March 26 mayhem centring the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Helal Uddin granted his three-day remand in each of the three cases after he was produced before the court with a seven-day remand prayer for each case, said Chattogram Court s Inspector Humayun Kabir. Apart from that, Mufti Harun was shown arrested in two more cases, he added.
Four Hefajat leaders on police remand
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Four Hefajat-e-Islam leaders were placed on remand yesterday in seven cases filed with police stations in the capital and Chattogram over the 2013 mayhem and the recent violence in Dhaka and Chattogram.
The leaders are: Azizul Haque Islamabadi, organising secretary of Hefajat s now dissolved committee; Maulana Jubair Ahmed, former vice-president of its Dhaka city unit, and Maulana Jalaluddin Ahmed, former assistant general secretary, and Mufti Harun Izhar, education and cultural affairs secretary of the dissolved central committee.
Azizul was put on remand for seven days in two cases filed with the capital s Paltan Police Station over March 26 violence centring the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while Jubair was in a six-day remand in two cases filed with Paltan and Motijheel police stations over the 2013 mayhem and the recent violence in D
Mayhem During Modi Visit: Hefajat hardliner Harun arrested
The ex-Huji man was held earlier for plot to attack US Embassy, blast in madrasa
Mufti Harun Izhar, education and cultural affairs secretary of the now-dissolved central committee of Hefazat-e-Islam, has been arrested over the violence during the Indian prime minister s visit last month.
Rab officials picked him up from Jamiyatul Ulum Al Islamia Madrasa, known as Lalkhan Bazar madrasa, in Chattogram early yesterday.
RAB-7 Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Moshiour Rahman Jewel told The Daily Star, We detained Harun Izhar after his involvement was found in the violence in Hathazari on March 26 during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.