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Bangla: Islamist militant chief remanded
 Sayed Kawsar Hussain Siddiki Raja, the self-styled chief of Islamist militant group Shahadat-e Al Hiqma, was remanded for the third time yesterday. Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate AMA Rahman placed him on a five-day remand. Detective Branch of Police, however, petitioned for a seven-day remand on December 4. DB Inspector Ronobir Chakma told the court yesterday that Kawsar had been involved in seditious activities. "Police need to interrogate him further to know about his accomplices and the source of money and support." Kawsar had been remanded for seven days twice in November last year and quizzed in the joint interrogation cell in Dhaka. He along with five others was arrested under section 54 of the CrPC for storming the Boalia Police Station on November 6.Police arrested him for the first time on April 23 in 2002 for alleged anti-state activities. But he was freed on July 30, 2002. He was once again held on September 24, 2002 but was granted bail on December 21,the same year. Following the press conference of February 8, 2003 where Kawsar announced his group's aim to turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state through an armed struggle, the government banned his party on February 9, 2003. Later on March 20, 2003, police brought sedition charge against him and eight of his associates. But he was yet again released on bail on April 14,2003. Posted by: Steve 2005-01-03 |
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