Two Retired Army Officers Placed on Two-Day Remand for Second Time

Dhaka, Bangladesh || Wednesday, 11 November 2026 || 26 Kartik 1433

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Two Retired Army Officers Placed on Two-Day Remand for Second Time

Published : Wednesday, 11 November, 2026 at 10:35 AM, Count : 16

Two Retired Army Officers Placed on Two-Day Remand for Second Time

A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted investigators a two-day remand for two retired army officers for a second time in a case involving allegations including sedition.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibullah Pias passed the order following a hearing.

The accused are retired Lieutenant Kazi Gulshan Ara, 43, and Lieutenant Colonel Bijoy Debashish Narayan Pal, 47.

Abu Bakar, an inspector of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police prosecution division, confirmed the court order.

According to court sources, investigation officer Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, an inspector of the Detective Branch’s Cyber and Special Crime Division, produced the two accused before the court and sought a seven-day remand for further interrogation.

During the hearing, defence lawyers sought bail and opposed the remand prayer. The prosecution, however, objected to their bail petitions and supported further interrogation. After hearing both sides, the court rejected the bail applications and granted a two-day remand.

In the remand application, the investigation officer stated that the two accused were arrested on October 12 and subsequently produced before the court, which had earlier granted four days of remand for questioning.

The application claimed that interrogation during the initial remand had yielded important information regarding their alleged support and patronage of various banned and anti-state organisations.

It further stated that an analysis of information obtained from the accused and evidence recovered during the investigation had revealed alleged links with leaders of banned organisations, several retired military officers and some individuals in a neighbouring country.

Investigators also alleged that the two accused, along with their associates, had operated around 100 groups on online platforms to spread anti-government propaganda.

The investigation officer argued that further interrogation was necessary to identify and arrest those involved in operating the groups and to clarify inconsistencies and suspicious information found in the recovered evidence.

The application also claimed that information provided by the two accused had led to the arrest of retired Major Khandaker Abdul Hafiz, 56, in connection with the case.

The officer said the two accused needed to be interrogated together in the interest of the investigation.

According to case documents, police arrested Kazi Gulshan Ara from her residence in Pallabi late on October 11, while Bijoy Debashish Narayan Pal was arrested from his Banani residence at around 2:30am the same night.

On October 12, the court granted four days of remand for both accused. They were subsequently sent to jail after completion of the remand period.

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