A Dhaka court yesterday again placed Mufti Abdul Hannan, operations commander of banned Islamist outfit Harkatul Jihad (HuJi), and his brother Mahibullah alias Mafizur Rahman - also a HuJi member- on a four-day remand, after police showed them arrested in a murder case. The case was lodged with Sutrapur Police Station in connection with the killing of Arif Prakash alias Mohammad Ali on November 5, 2001.Earlier, completing a 10-day remand with the help of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) produced two brothers before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court, Dhaka yesterday afternoon. The remand had been granted in connection with the killing of Bazlur Rahman.
In his forwarding report, CID Inspector and Investigation Officer (IO) of the case ZM Altafur Rahman mentioned that Hannan and Mafiz gave important information on the killing and the information was being verified. So, they should be in custody until investigation completes, the IO wrote.