Lt. Gen. (Ret) Sarwardy put on 8-day remand

Dhaka’s chief metropolitan magistrate court has granted 8-day remand for lieutenant general (retd) Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy.

The CMM court passed the order on Wednesday after police produced him before the court seeking a 10-day remand.

Police arrested Sarwardy from Savar on Tuesday in a case filed with Paltan police station.

Mia Zahidul Islam Arefy, and BNP leader Ishraque Hossain were accused in the lawsuit.

Sarwardy went to BNP’s central office in Naya Paltan alongside Mia Zahidul Islam Arefy, who impersonated himself as an adviser to US president Joe Biden, on Saturday.

Arefy also talked to journalists personating as the US president’s adviser. BNP leader Ishraque Hossain was also present during that time.

Police later arrested Arefy from Shahjalal International Airport on Sunday.