DHAKA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Police in Bangladesh on Saturday formally arrested a British national in connection with the deadly attack at a Spanish cafe in capital Dhaka's diplomatic enclave Gulshan last month.
Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Saturday also sought a 10-day remand for Hasnat Karim, a British-Bangladeshi man and a former North South University teacher, while seven-day for Canadian university student Tahmid Hasib, who along with Hasnat was arrested on Aug. 3 on suspicion of having links with the Gulshan attackers.
Metropolitan Magistrate in Dhaka Imdadul Haque placed Hasnat on an eight-day fresh remand after showing him arrested in the case on Saturday.
Also on Saturday Metropolitan Magistrate Judge Golam Nabi granted a six-day fresh remand for Tahmid.
The Briton is the first person to be shown arrested in the Gulshan terror case.
The duo were produced before the Dhaka courts Saturday on completion of their eight-day remand.
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