Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- His associate Enamul Hoque Arman has been placed on a five-day remand in an arms-related case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammed Tofazzal Hossain issued the remand order on Tuesday after police sought 20 days' custody to question Samrat.

Meanwhile, scores of Jubo League leaders and activists thronged the court premises to demand the release of Samrat as law enforcement struggled to keep them at bay.

The demonstrators lined the streets outside the court and Johnson Road as chants in support of Samrat rang out.

The controversial Jubo League leader reportedly went into hiding after the Rapid Action Battalion busted several illegal casino operations inside clubs in Motijheel on Sept 18.

He was later arrested along ...