Chattogram: A Court here today placed former lawmaker of Chattogram-15 constituency, Abu Reza Mohammad Nezamuddin Nadvi, on a two-day remand for questioning in a case under the Explosives Act. Metropolitan Magistrate Kazi Shariful Islam issued the remand order as police produced Nadvi before the court and pleaded for a 10-day remand, said advocate Mofizul Haque Bhuiyan, Public Prosecutor (PP) of Chatogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, court sources revealed that a businessman named Mohammad Momen Hossain Joy filed the case against 265 individuals, alleging their involvement in killing and raping during the anti-discrimination movement in Chattogram on August 4 of the previous year.
Former lawmaker Nadvi, who also serves as the chairman of Allama Fazlullah Foundation and a teacher at the International Islamic University of Chattogram, is an accused in 10 other cases in Chattogram.