IANS
Dhaka
A former student leader in Bangladesh, accused of plotting a possible coup in the country, was yesterday remanded to 10 days in police custody by a court here, media reported.
The verdict against the accused, Mahmudur Rahman Mann, convenor of Nagorik Oikya, was pronounced by a metropolitan magistrate,
bdnews24.com reported.
According to a leaked audio clip, Manna, in a phone conversation with an unidentified person, seemed to suggest the need to influence senior military generals to take over power and end the current political crisis.
Another leaked audio clip recorded his conversation with opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka, in which he said that “a few deaths” during clashes in the Dhaka University could destabilise the government.
He was picked up by the Rapid Action Battalion early on Tuesday and handed over to the police.
A case was filed against Manna with the police on Tuesday under Section 131 of Bangladesh’s penal code, which prescribes imprisonment for life or for a term of 10 years for inciting a mutiny by the military.
Bangladesh has been gripped by political violence since January this year and the opposition BNP and its allies have enforced a non-stop nationwide blockade since January 5 this year, demanding fresh polls under a non-party caretaker system.