Dhaka court denies bail to DU law professor, JSD leader in anti-terrorism case

A Dhaka court today denied bail to Dhaka University law professor Sheikh Hafizur Rahman and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) leader Abdullahil Kayum in an anti-terrorism case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah passed the order, following their bail petitions, said a court staffer.

On August 29, police filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station against 16 people, including former minister and expelled Awami League leader Abdul Latif Siddique, Prof Hafizur, journalist Monjurul Alam Panna, and freedom fighter Golam Mostafa, for inciting terrorism through a speech delivered under the banner of Mancha 71.

The 16 accused were sent to jail the same day after being produced before the court.

Besides them, former secretaries -- Abu Alam Md Shahid Khan and Bhuiyan Mohammad Shafiqul Islam – were arrested as suspects as their names were not included in the FIR. They were also sent to jail after their arrests.

Earlier, Latif Siddique, Hafizur, Panna, Abu Alam, Shafiqul, Mostafa, Zakir Hossain, Tawsiful Bari Khan, Amir Hossain Sumon, Shafiqul Islam Delwar, and Kayum were denied bail by separate Dhaka courts between August 31 and September 9.