Court Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-03,
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed ‘Joyjatra IPTV’ chairman Helena Jahangir, recently removed from the Awami League sub-committee on women affairs, on a 14-day remand in four separate cases.
Dhaka Metropolitan
Magistrate Shahinur Rahman placed her on a 4-day remand each in two cases –one
over fraud and another under the Telecommunication Act- filed with the city’s
Pallabi police station.
The court passed the
order when police produced her before the court after the end of her 3-day
remand.
Besides, Metropolitan
Magistrate Nivana Khayer Jessy placed the accused on a 3-day remand each
in two cases filed with Gulshan police
station under the Digital Security Act and Narcotics Control Act
On July 30, the court
placed Helena Jahangir on a three-day
remand in the case filed under the DSA.
Earlier on July 31,
police sought 5-day remand for interrogating her in the Narcotics case and a
7-day in the case under filed under the Telecommunication Act.
Public prosecutor
Abdullah Abu represented the stateside during the hearing of two cases filed
with the Gulshan police station.
Lawyer Shafiqul Islam
on behalf of Helena Jahangir submitted a petition seeking cancellation of
remand.
On July 29, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Helena Jahangir, 49, from her residence in the city’s Gulshan-2 area.
