Ctg listed criminal ‘Bihari Boga’, 3 aides placed on remand in police attack case

A Chattogram court has granted one-day remand to listed criminal Waqil Hossain, alias “Bihari Boga”, and three other associates in a case over an attack on police, vandalism of a government vehicle and the armed rescue of an accused in Khulshi.

The court also rejected the remand applications of eight other accused in the case.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohidul Islam passed the order today (2 November), Assistant Public Prosecutor Advocate Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury of the Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court confirmed to The Business Standard.

The three others granted remand are Rocky Hossain alias Picchi, Monir Hossain Imon and Abul Hasan alias Kala Hasan.

The eight whose remand applications were rejected are Md Robin, Sakib Hasan, Delwar Hossain Jishan, Md Shakil, Md Jahangir Alam, Abdur Rahman, Nawshad Sohel alias Blade Sohel, and Abul Kashem.

Police had sought 10 days of remand for each of the 12 accused for interrogation in the interest of the investigation.

The court granted one day for four of them after hearing the applications.

The 12 accused, including Boga, were brought before the court under tight security around noon today.

Earlier, on 27 October, a court denied their bail application.

According to the case statement, a clash broke out between police and Boga’s followers in the Khulshi Police Station area on 4 September.

At least six police personnel, including the then officer-in-charge of Khulshi Police Station, Mohammad Abdur Rahim, were injured. The officer’s government vehicle was also vandalised.