A Dhaka court has ordered the incarceration of five lawyers in connection with a case filed over the violence surrounding the Supreme Court Bar Association election.
The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jajesh Chowdhury passed the order rejecting bail pleas filed by the lawyers.
The accused lawyers are Mohammad Osman Chowdhury, Kazi Bashir Ahammed, Enamul Hossain Sumon, Hasanujjaman Tushar, and Tariqul Islam.
Investigation Officer Inspector Abul Kalam of the Detective Branch of Police filed an appeal with the court, seeking its order to send them to jail.
On 9 March, the court granted a five-day remand against each of the five lawyers in connection with an attempted murder case filed by Assistant Attorney General Saifur Rahman Siddique.