Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- A court has sent journalist Shaukat Mahmood, secretary general of the newly-formed Janata Party Bangladesh, to jail over charges under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order on Monday, setting Thursday for hearing a police plea seeking to place Shaukat, also a former president of the National Press Club, on a 10-day remand.

Shaukat was arrested on Sunday in connection with a case filed against Bangladeshi-origin US citizen Enayet Karim Chowdhury over his involvement in a "conspiracy to topple" the interim government.

After his arrest, investigation officer Inspector Akhtar Morshed of the Detective Branch's (DB) Ramna unit, produced him in court on Monday.

Earlier, around 2:30...