Hasnat Karim, a former teacher of a private university who has been shown arrested in Gulshan attack case, was sent to jail today on completion of his 16-day remand.

Metropolitan Magistrate Ahsan Habib passed the order after Humayun Kabir, an inspector of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit and also investigation officer of the case, produced Hasnat before the court around 4:00pm.

The court fixed August 24 for hearing a petition filed by Hasnat today seeking bail.

Earlier in the day, Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told reporters that they would not seek fresh remand for Hasnat for the time being.

“The information we got from Hasnat during his two-term remand is being scrutinised,” the DC told the journalists at his office. 

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If needed, the law enforcers will seek his remand in the future, Rahman added.

Hasnat, who was detained over the Gulshan café attack, was shown arrested on August 13, in a case relating to the terror incident. He is the first arrestee in the case.

Also on August 13, Hasnat and another detainee, Tahmid Hasib Khan, were taken on remand as police claimed to have gleaned vital information from the duo during the first-term remand.