RAJSHAHI, May 25, 2023 (BSS) - A court here placed district unit convener of 
BNP Abu Sayeed Chand on a five-day remand in a case filed on charges of 
giving death threat to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a public rally in 
Rajshahi. 

Judge Mahbub Alam of Judicial Magistrate Court-5 passed the order today. 

Prosecutor Jalal Uddin confirmed the matter saying police produced him in the 
court seeking a ten-day remand in the case filed with Puthia Police Station. 
Later, the court accepted five days of remand after hearing both the sides. 

Earlier, police arrested the BNP leader Abu Sayed Chand, who gave death 
threats to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a public rally here on Friday. 
 
A joint team of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) and district police 
arrested him from a private car around 11.15 am after setting a check post at 
Veripara crossing under Rajpara Police Station in the metropolis. 

RMP Commissioner Anisur Rahman held a press conference at his office's 
conference hall detailing the case and arrest story this noon. 

He said the arrested man was sown arrested in the case filed against him 
first with Puthiya Police Station related to the death threat. 

At a rally on Shibchar High School playground in Rajshahi's Puthia upazila on 
May 19, the BNP leader said that there will be no 27 points or 10 points. The 
only demand is to send Sheikh Hasina to the grave. 

Addressing the press conference, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police of 
Rajshahi Range Abdul Baten said there were more than 25 cases against Chand 
earlier. Six more cases were registered with RMP police stations and district 
police stations in connection with the death threat incident.
 
Abu Kalam Azad, a local Awami League leader in Rajshahi, filed the case 
against him with Puthia Police Station on Saturday.
 
Chand at the rally organised by the BNP Rajshahi district and city units on 
Friday said, "We would not make anymore 27 or 10-point demands, just one 
point now is to send Sheikh Hasina to the grave."
 
 RMP Additional Commissioner Bijoy Basak and Superintendent of Police ABM 
Masud Hossain were present at the press conference.