Rajshahi BNP leader remanded

A Rajshahi court on Tuesday placed Motiur Rahman Montu, general secretary of district unit BNP, on a five-day remand in a case filed over the crude bomb attack on a rally of the party's mayoral candidate Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul, reports UNB.

Rajshahi metropolitan magistrate Zahidul Islam passed the order when sub-inspector of Boalia police station and also the investigation officer of the case Golam Mostafa produced him before the court with seven-day remand prayer.

Earlier on 22 July, police in a drive arrested Motiur Rahman Montu from his house in the city's Ramchandrapur area around 2:30am following the leak of an audio clip over alleged conversation between Montu and another BNP leader regarding bomb attack on the rally.

On 17 July, the rally of BNP candidate came under crude bomb attack in Sagorpara Bottolar Mor area around 11:00am.

Later, sub-inspector Shamim Hossain of Boalia police station filed a case accusing eight unnamed people.