Attack on UNO Wahida: Two accused placed on 7-day remand

A court in Dinajpur today placed two accused on seven-day remand each in connection with the case filed over the attack on Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam.

The court of Dinajpur Chief Judicial Magistrate Shishir Kumar Basu passed the order after Investigation Officer (IO) Imam Jafor, also an officer-in-charge, Detective Branch (DB), produced the two accused -- Nabirul Islam and Santu Kumar -- before the court this afternoon seeking a 10-day remand prayer, reports our local correspondent quoting the IO.

Meanwhile, another accused Asadul Haque, who was undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital for an illness, will be handed over to DB police tonight, said police sources.

UNO Wahida and her father suffered serious injuries in an attack by miscreants at her home on the Upazila Parishad premises on Thursday.

She is now undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital in Dhaka.