Crime & Justice

US citizen Enayet claimed to be agent of foreign intelligence agency: Case statement

Placed on two-day remand in anti-terrorism case
us citizen arrested under anti terrorism act Bangladesh
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A Dhaka court today placed Enayet Karim Chowdhury, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, on a two-day remand in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Sub-Inspector Azizul Hakim of Ramna Model Police Station filed the case against the 55-year-old yesterday, a day after his arrest in Dhaka for suspicious movements and alleged conspiracy to overthrow the interim government.

Enayet was arrested on September 13 under section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure from Dhaka's Minto Road around 10:30am. He was later produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka and sent to jail.

Today, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman granted the remand after police produced Enayet before the court with a 10-day remand prayer, said a court staffer.

Case statement details

According to the case statement, "During primary interrogation, Enayet confessed that he came to Bangladesh as an agent of a foreign intelligence agency, with the objective of overthrowing the present interim government. This claim was initially supported by data found in the seized mobile phones from his possession."

It further said, "He is a US passport holder. He went to the US in 1988 and obtained a passport in 2004. When questioned about his Bangladeshi passport, he claimed that he lost it after moving to the US and currently does not possess any Bangladeshi passport or NID."

Investigators analysing two seized mobile phones found that Enayet arrived in Dhaka on September 6 at 9:50am. "He himself claimed to be a contract agent of a particular foreign intelligence agency," the case statement said.

The statement added, "He [Enayet] said that he came to Bangladesh to replace the current government with either a national government or a caretaker government. He stayed at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka on September 6 and 7. During this time, he held secret meetings with several senior government policymakers, influential leaders of political parties, and business leaders."

The statement also said, "Enayet further claimed that he collected information on the positions of senior government and non-government officials, as well as political leaders, and handed such information over to different intelligence agencies."

"The accused, along with unidentified others, secretly conspired and held consultations with leaders of marginalised political parties, senior government and non-government officials, and business elites, with the aim of ousting the government by creating public unrest, spreading panic among citizens, and causing damage to state property through public protests," it added.

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