HC rejects Manna's remand

The High Court yesterday scrapped a lower court order that had placed Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna on a seven-day remand in a sedition case.

But police, if necessary, can interrogate him at the jail gate, the court said.

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The order followed a petition challenging the lower court's order for his remand.

Manna was remanded for 10 days on March 7 but he fell sick on the third day, and on March 18, a Dhaka court allowed police to complete the remaining seven days, a lawyer for Manna told The Daily Star.

Manna was arrested and sued for allegedly "trying to instigate a revolt".

Shahdeen Malik defended Manna at the court.