DHAKA, Sept 4, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today remanded former Additional 
Superintendent of Police Abdullahil Kafi on an eight-day remand on charges of 
abduction and extortion.

Investigating officer of the case Sub-Inspector of Hazaribagh police station 
M Abul Kalam Azad sought a ten-day remand for the sake of proper 
investigation. While defendant's attorney pleaded for bail before the court.

Following the hearing, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Akhtaruzzaman scrapped 
the bail plea and passed the order.

Other accused of the case are: former IGP Benazir Ahmed, the then Hazaribagh 
Thana OC Ikram Ali Mia, police officer Maruf Hossain Sardar, and 10-12 
unknown police officials.

According to the case, Kafi, the then additional deputy commissioner of 
Dhanmondi Zone of Police abducted plaintiff Engineer Arif Mainuddin on 
February 17, 2019.
 
Kafi and his accomplices confined the victim at an unknown place, tortured 
him and extracted a hefty ransom by blackmailing his family, the documents 
added.

A case was filed with Hazaribagh Thana in this regard.