Police yesterday arrested prime accused Mohammad Ishtiaque Mahmud in a case filed over the attack on former US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat's convoy in August 2018.
Ishtiaque, also brother-in-law of Sujan Secretary Badiul Alam Majumder, was arrested from Mohammadpur. He will be sent to court today, HM Azimul Haque, deputy commissioner of DMP's Tejgaon Division told The Daily Star.
Earlier in the day, a Dhaka court accepted the supplementary charge sheet against nine people in the case.
The nine included Ishtiaque and Naimul Hasan Rasel, president of Mohammadpur unit of BCL.
Eight accused -- Firoz Mahmud, Naimul Hasan Rasel, Mir Amzad Hossain Akash, Sazu Islam, Razibul Islam Razu, Shahidul Alam Khan Kajol, Siam and Oli Ahmed Jony -- are now on bail.
On August 4, 2018, some 30 unidentified miscreants attacked the car of Bernicat, who was about to leave the residence of Badiul Alam around 11:00pm after attending a courtesy dinner in her honour.
Six days later, Badiul Alam filed the case with Mohammadpur Police Station on August 10, 2018.
Following re-investigation, Investigation Officer Rajon Kumar Saha, an assistant commissioner of Detective Branch of DMP, pressed charges on September 19 to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, accusing Ishtiaque and eight others.
In the supplementary charge sheet, only Ishtiaque was shown as a fugitive accused.
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