Time Digital News: A Dhaka court today sent former superintendent of police Babul Akhter to jail today on completion of his one-day remand in a case filed by PBI chief under the Digital Security Act.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mamunur Rashid passed the order after Md Rabiul Islam, an inspector of Dhanmondi Police Station and also the investigation officer of the case, produced him before the court after the remand ended.

In the forwarding report, the IO said the information Babul Akhter gave during remand was being verified. So, the IO appealed to the court to confine him in jail until the investigation is completed, the IO added.

Upon hearing, the magistrate ordered to send Babul Akhter to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj, General Recording Officer Shariful Islam confirmed it.

On November 10, Babul was placed on a one-day remand after the IO submitted a seven-day remand prayer.

Before the remand order, he was shown arrested in the case after the IO submitted an application in this regard.

PBI Chief Banaj Kumar Majumder on September 27 filed the DSA case against Babul and three others with Dhanmondi Police Station on charges of spreading false and untrue information regarding the murder case of Babul's wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu in 2016.

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