DHAKA, Nov 1, 2023 (BSS) - A court here today placed former lieutenant
general Chowdhury Hasan Suhrawardi on eight-day remand in a case filed with
Paltan Police Station over his connection with Mian Arefy, fake "advisor" of
US President Joe Biden.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin passed the order as police produced
Hasan Suhrawardi before the court and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand
in the case.

On Tuesday, detective branch (DB) of police arrested Hasan Suhrawardi, who
allegedly prompted Bangladeshi US national Mian Zahidul Islam Arefy to
address a BNP press briefing identifying himself as a so-called "adviser" to
US President Joe Biden.

Earlier, a Gopalganj resident named Mohiuddin Shikder filed the case against
Arefy, BNP leader Ishraque Hossain and Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Sohrawardi, on
October 29 with Paltan Model Police Station.

In the case, police arrested Mian Arefy from Hazrat Shahjajal International
Airport on October 29 as he was trying to depart Bangladesh. He is now behind
the bar.

According to case statement, on Saturday evening (October 28), Suhrawardi
escorted Arefy to the BNP's central Nayapaltan office where he spoke before a
group of reporters alongside party activists, identifying him as a close
Biden advisor and "member of (US) national democratic committee".