A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Hefazat-e-Islam leader Mufti Monir Hossain Qasemi on a three-day remand afresh in a case lodged over the Islamist hardliner party’s mayhem in in the capital in 2013.

The court of Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Begum Mahmuda Akter placed him on a three-day remand afresh after the hearing as he was produced before the court.

Earlier, he was placed on a four-day remand by the same court on 22 May. Dhaka metropolitan Detective Branch (DB) police arrested him from Baridhara in the capital on 21 May.

On 5 May, 2013, leaders and activists of Hefazat-e-Islam laid siege to Dhaka. On that day, Hefazat activists vandalised and set fire to vehicles and government and private establishments in Motijheel, Paltan and Arambagh areas.

A case was filed at the Paltan police station in this regard.