The Jamaat-Shibir leaders, who were arrested from a secret meeting in the capital’s Mirpur area on Monday, have reportedly confessed to planning to carry out subversive activities in the readymade garment (RMG) sector ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, reports UNB. Monirul Islam, Joint Commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said this while talking to reporters at a press briefing at DMP media centre on Tuesday. The arrested Jamaat-Shibir men will be brought before the court seeking 10-day remand for each, he added. He also said the police are still reviewing the leaflets and books seized from their processions and if any seditious writing is detected in it, cases will be filed against them in this connection. Earlier on Monday, 13 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, including two former Jamaat MPs Mia Golam Parwar of Khulna-5 constituency and Mujibur Rahman of Rajshahi, were arrested from a secret meeting in the city’s Mirpur area. Officer-in-charge of the Pallabi Police Station Dadon Fakir said two cases were filed in this connection under Explosive Substance Act and Special Act on Sep 7, 2015 at night. The cases were shifted to the DB on Tuesday morning, the OC added. Meanwhile, a court in Dhaka on Monday placed 13 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its associate student body Islami Chhatra Shibir, including two former Jamaat MPs, on a three-day remand each in a case filed under the Explosive Substance Act. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Lutfus Rahman Shishir passed the order when DB inspector Mahfuzur Rahman, also the investigation officer of the case, produced them before the court, seeking a 10-day remand for each. However, their lawyers filed separate petitions for their bail before the court. The court also asked the IO to complete their interrogation within seven days.
