A Bangladeshi court on Friday sent 16 people, including several 1971 Liberation War veterans, to jail under the tough Anti-Terrorism Act, a day after a mob allegedly disrupted their scheduled public discussion in the capital.
Magistrate Farzana Haque ordered them to be sent to jail after they were produced in court nearly 24 hours after their detention.
Police had initially detained them for their protection from public unrest on Thursday.
Dhaka police after midnight Thursday said the detainees were being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 without further elaboration.
The initial case document submitted in the court suggested at least six of the 16 arrested were in their 70s.
“For the sake of a proper investigation, which is yet to be completed, and the identity and address of the accused is yet to be verified, it is absolutely necessary’ to keep the accused in custody,” read the police application submitted in court.
According to media reports, former minister and 1971
​A Bangladeshi court on Friday sent 16 people, including several 1971 Liberation War veterans, to jail under the tough Anti-Terrorism Act, a day after a mob allegedly disrupted their scheduled public discussion in the capital.
Magistrate Farzana Haque ordered them to be sent to jail after they were produced in court nearly 24 hours after their detention.
Police had initially detained them for their protection from public unrest on Thursday.
Dhaka police after midnight Thursday said the detainees were being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 without further elaboration.
The initial case document submitted in the court suggested at least six of the 16 arrested were in their 70s.
“For the sake of a proper investigation, which is yet to be completed, and the identity and address of the accused is yet to be verified, it is absolutely necessary’ to keep the accused in custody,” read the police application submitted in court.
According to media reports, former minister and 1971Â
