DHAKA, May 11, 2026 (BSS) - A court here today sent to jail two personal staffers of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's former Defence and Security Adviser Major General (Retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, after end of their remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

The two accused are Tarique's driver Md Mohidul Islam and house caretaker Md Chan Miah.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ehsanul Islam passed the order as police produced the duo before the court after end of their three-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep them behind bars till the end of probe.

Earlier on May 5, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Manjurul Islam had placed them on a three-day remand in the case.

Police arrested Mohidul from Thakurgaon and Chan from the capital's Bhashantek area on April 19. They had earlier been remanded three times in a case filed over the killing of trader Abdul Wadud during the July Mass Uprising.

Earlier on May 1, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dilruba Afroz Tithi placed them on a four-day remand each in the Anti-Terrorism Act case.

According to the case statement, leaders and activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League and Awami League brought out a flash procession in front of Rupayan Tower in the Bangla Motor area on September 12, 2025, chanting various anti-government and anti-state slogans. 

Police later filed the case under the Anti-Terrorism Act.