Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan has been remanded for 10 additional days in connection with two cases relating to arms and drugs after his arrest on charges of running a casino in the capital's Fakirapool.
Investigators sought a total of 20 days in custody to interrogate Khaled in the two cases after producing him before the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrates Court at the end of his seven-day remand on Friday, said RAB-3's Assistant Police Commissioner Belayet Hossain.
But Magistrate Didarul Alam granted five days' remand in each of the cases and instructed the authorities to carefully question him after the hearing, reports bdnews24.com.
After the hearing, Khaled was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for a 'routine check-up', said RAB-3 Captain Shafiullah Bulbul. He was later taken into the RAB's custody for questioning
