Samrat placed on 10-day remand
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed expelled Juba League Dhaka South unit president and suspected casino kingpin Ismail Hossain Samrat on a 10-day remand in two cases – one under narcotics control act and the other under arms act.
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Tofazzal Hossain allowed the police to interrogate him for five days in each case, responding to two separate pleas by the criminal investigation department for granting 10 days for interrogation in each case.
The court also put Samrat’s associate Enamul Haq Arman, expelled vice-president of the Juba League Dhaka South unit, on a 5-day remand in a case under narcotics control act against him.
The two cases against Samrat were lodged with the Ramna police station while the case against Arman was lodged with the Mohammadpur police station, court officials said.
More than 20 lawyers stood for Samrat while public prosecutor Md Abdullah Abu represented the state during Tuesday’s hearing.
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Defence lawyer and Dhaka Bar’s past president Advocate Hemayet Uddin mentioned that his client Samrat was a victim of circumstances and nasty politics. ‘He is a dedicated leader of Juba League.’
He submitted that Samrat was sick and sought his bail under any condition for the sake of justice.
Juba League law affairs secretary Afroza Sahana Parvin, defending Samrat, submitted to the court that his client was sick and had to undergo treatment after his arrest.
‘Who will take responsibility if he dies?’ the defence lawyer submitted.
The public prosecutor vehemently opposed the bail plea and submitted that Samrat needed to be interrogated in the cases for proper investigation.
The court rejected the bail plea.
While the court hearing on Samrat’s bail petition was in progress, hundreds of people at the court premises chanted slogans demanding his bail and unconditional release, and in favour of prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Samrat was taken to Dhaka Central Jail at Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital on Saturday after he was discharged from the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases where he took treatment there.
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