Bardhaman blast suspect sent to judicial custody

December 21, 2014 10:23 am | Updated November 16, 2021 04:50 pm IST - Guwahati/Kolkata

Key suspect in the Bardhaman blast case and alleged motivational trainer of terror group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Sahanur Alam was on Saturday sent to 14-day judicial custody by a local court in Guwahati.

Eight other accused in the case were also produced in different courts in Guwahati and Kolkata on Saturday.

Alam was produced in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Kamrup at the end of his 14-day police custody following his arrest on December 6. The CJM remanded him to jail for two weeks.

Another person, Nur Zaman, arrested for alleged jihadi activities following the confessions of Sahanur was also produced in court and the CJM remanded him to 14-day police custody.

Meanwhwile, the City Sessions court in Kolkata remanded two persons to NIA custody for three days and five others to judicial custody for 14 days in connection with the October 2 blast case. The two remanded to NIA custody were Hassem Mollah and Rezira Bibi, and five remanded to jail custody were Abdul Hakim, Khaled Mohammad, Alima Bibi, Zia—ul—Haq and Amjad.

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