Six Awami League Activists Remanded Following Police Plaza Arrests

DHAKA — A Metropolitan Magistrate’s court in Dhaka on Saturday placed six leaders and activists belonging to the banned Awami League and its affiliate wings on a three-day police remand in connection with an anti-terrorism case filed at Gulshan Police Station.

Metropolitan Magistrate Rakibul Hasan passed the order after investigating officer Sub-Inspector Mofizur Rahman produced the suspects in court on Saturday afternoon, requesting a seven-day remand for deeper interrogation. State prosecutor Additional Public Prosecutor Muhammad Shamsuddoha Suman confirmed the judicial ruling.

The six individuals taken into custody have been identified as:

• Md Nannu Mia (38), former joint secretary of Chhatra League at Jashore MM College

• SM Rezwan Habib Alif (33), member of Jashore Chougachha upazila Awami League

• Mehedi Masud Chowdhury (55), former general secretary of Chougachha upazila Awami League and former chairman of Phulsara Union Parishad

• Aminur Rahman (42), Awami League member from Ward 6 in Chougachha

• Ibrahim Hossain (33), former general secretary of Chougachha upazila Swechchhasebak League

• Sajal Ahmed (29), hailing from Rajoir upazila in Madaripur

The Arrest at Police Plaza Concord

The arrests occurred on Friday evening, 7 August, at approximately 8:30 pm, during a targeted police drive conducted on the fifth floor of the Police Plaza Concord Shopping Mall in Gulshan-1. Officers raided a food court inside the commercial complex after receiving intelligence regarding an unauthorized gathering of political operatives.

According to police filings under the Anti-Terrorism Act, the suspects—alongside several other fugitive members of the proscribed Awami League and its banned student wing, the Bangladesh Chhatra League—had assembled covertly to plot subversive activities.

Investigating officers informed the court that the suspects had been holding secret strategy sessions to execute destructive acts across Gulshan and surrounding diplomatic areas, with the explicit aim of destabilizing public order and undermining the image of the elected government.

Police Findings and Legal Proceedings

In the formal remand application presented to the court, Sub-Inspector Rahman noted that preliminary investigations corroborated the allegations detailed in the initial First Information Report (FIR).

Detectives asserted that the arrested individuals are active leaders across various tiers of the banned political organization who have spent considerable time orchestrating clandestine operations within the capital. The prosecution argued that extending custody was essential to uncover the broader network, identify key financiers, and determine whether further acts of sabotage were planned across the metropolis.

Defense counsel opposed the remand motion, petitioning instead for bail on behalf of the accused. After reviewing the case materials and hearing arguments from both sides, Magistrate Hasan granted law enforcement three days to interrogate the suspects in custody.