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Hefajat Mayhem

Wakkas taken on 15-day remand

Court Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday granted a 15-day remand for Hefajat-e Islam leader Mufti Mohammad Wakkas in five cases filed over the group's May 5 mayhem at Shapla Chattar and Paltan areas in the capital.
Detectives picked up Wakkas, a former state minister for religion and social welfare, from the capital's Malibagh area on September 2.
A day after the arrest, the DB police produced Wakkas, Dhaka city unit vice-chairman of the organisation, before a Metropolitan Magistrate's court and sought his remand for 20 days in two cases.
Wakkas's lawyer submitted petitions seeking adjournment of the remand hearing.
The court had fixed yesterday for hearing the petitions and sent Wakkas to jail.
In response to the remand prayer, Metropolitan Magistrate SM Ashiqur Rahman yesterday showed the Hefajat leader arrested in three other cases filed over theFROM PAGE 16
same incident and placed him on 15 days' remand in all the five cases.
The detectives prayed for a 50-day remand for Wakkas in the five cases.
They stated that Wakkas had made provocative speeches and instigated the Hefajat activists against the government on May 5. So, he
needs to be remanded to find out vital clues about the incident, said the DB police sources.
The defence appealed to the court for cancellation of the remand prayer and sought bail for their client, saying that Wakkas had been suffering from different illness.
Of the cases, three were
filed with Motijheel Police Station while two others with Paltan Police Station for kill-ing Sub-Inspec tor Md Shahjahan, damaging and torching vehicles, and obstructing police personnel from discharging their duties.
During the Hefajat's May 5 rally at Shapla Chattar, Wakkas threatened to oust the
government within that night.
Before the rally, thousands of Hefajat men had set fire to shops, police outposts and vehicles in and around the area as evening fell.
Wakkas, superintendent of Madaninagar Madrasa in Jessore, was elected lawmaker as an independent candidate from Jessore-5 constituency in 1986.