Police seek five-day remand of Jamaat leader Akhtaruzzaman

Police have sought a five-day remand of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Major (retd) Akhtaruzzaman for questioning over allegations of creating disorder and obstructing government officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport amid trolley shortage.

Sub-Inspector Majedul Islam of Airport Police Station filed the remand petition on Saturday. 

The hearing is scheduled to be held at the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Albiruni Mir in the afternoon, said Abu Bakkar Siddique, an SI of the prosecution department.

Akhtaruzzaman was arrested on Friday from his residence at Road 35 in Dhamalkot area near the Dhaka Cantonment.

According to the remand petition, Akhtaruzzaman obstructed government employees in performing their duties at the sensitive Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, threatened and intimidated them, and assaulted an official, disrupting normal order and security at the airport.

The incident allegedly disrupted the normal arrival process for passengers returning from abroad.