[Bangla Daily Star] A Jessore court yesterday granted a seven-day remand for Harkatul Jihad al Islami (Huji) leader Mufti Abdul Hannan in Udichi blast case.Chief Judicial Magistrate Mostafizur Rahman issued the remand order around 10:30am after Detective Branch ASP Abdul Kayum Sikder, also investigation officer of the case, had produced the Huji leader before court seeking a seven-day remand for him.
Hannan was taken to Jessore Jail from Dhaka Central Jail Wednesday night.
According to Jessore CID, Mufti Abdul Hannan was shown arrested in the case on November 19, 2006 as he confessed to his involvement in the Jessore Udichi carnage.
On March 6, 1999, a cultural programme organised by Udichi Shilpi Goshthi at Jessore Town Hall came under bomb attack that left ten people killed and over 100 injured.