A Gazipur court has put Muaz Bin Noor, a leader of the Maulana Saad faction of Tabligh Jamaat, on a three-day remand in connection with the recent clash at the Tongi Bishwa Ijtema ground.

Gazipur Metropolitan Magistrate Alamgir Al Mamun passed the order after a hearing on Sunday (December 22),

Sub-Inspector (SI) Md Asaduzzaman of Tongi West Police Station confirmed the matter.

He said police had sought a seven-day remand, but the court approved three days.

On December 18, a clash broke out between Maulana Saad and Maulana Zubair factions over holding a five-day pre-Ijtema gathering, leaving three people dead and over 100 injured.

On December 19, Maulana Zubair's follower SM Alam Hossain filed a case with Tongi West Police Station, naming 29 individuals and accusing several hundred unidentified people. Muaz Bin Noor was arrested later that night from his residence in Dhaka’s Uttara area.

BDST: 1520 HRS, DEC 22, 2024
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