23 August 2016

News Story: Briton sent to jail after 16-day remand over deadly Dhaka attack case

DHAKA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- A British national who has been shown arrested in connection with the deadly attack at a Spanish cafe in Bangladesh capital Dhaka's diplomatic enclave Gulshan last month was sent to jail Monday on completion of his 16-day remand.

Metropolitan Magistrate Ahsan Habib passed the order after Hasnat Karim, a British-Bangladeshi man and a former North South University teacher, was produced before the court Monday.

Hasnat was arrested on Aug. 3 on suspicion of having links with the Gulshan attackers.

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