A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Erfan Selim, son of Awami League MP Haji Md Selim, on a three-day remand in a case filed by a navy official in connection with assaulting him.
Erfan’s bodyguard Md Zahid has also been remanded for three days.
After hearing, Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Muhammad Asaduzzaman Nur, passed the order.
Earlier on the day, Inspector Md Ashfaq Razib Hasan, Officer-In-Charge (OC) investigation of Dhanmondi police station, who is also the investigation officer of the case, produced them before the court.
He had sought a seven-day remand for interrogation in the case. However, the court granted only three days to grill the accused.
Meanwhile, four separate cases were filed against Erfan Selim, and his bodyguard Zahid under the Arms Act and Narcotics Control Act.
Delwar Hossain, inspector (operation), of Chwakbazar police station lodged the two cases each against them on Wednesday.
On Monday, a mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) sentenced Erfan and his bodyguard to one year in jail for possessing illegal walkie-talkies and drinking liquor.
Erfan and Zahid were given six-month jail each for possessing liquor and another six months for the illegal possession of walkie-talkies.
Two firearms, 38 walkie-talkies and liquor were seized from Erfan’s house during a RAB drive.
Erfan was arrested from his father’s residence on Devdas Lane in Old Dhaka on Monday afternoon in connection with his involvement in the assault on Lieutenant Wasif Ahmed Khan of Bangladesh Navy.
Wasif filed a case over the assault at Dhanmondi Police Station naming four people and several unnamed accused.
The three other accused were AB Siddique Dipu, 45, Md Zahid, 35, and Md Mizanur Rahman, 30. All four are now behind bars.
A private car hit Wasif's motorcycle near Labaid Hospital at Dhanmondi around 7:45pm when he and his wife were returning to their Mohammadpur residence from Nilkhet, the case statement reads.
Later, some people came out of the car and physically assaulted the navy official and insulted his wife too.
