Dhaka, Dec. 11 -- The hearing of a 10-day remand petition against Shaukat Mahmood, former Jatiya Press Club president and Janata Party Bangladesh general secretary, in an Anti-Terrorism case filed at Ramna Police Station is set for Thursday.

The remand petition will be heard at the court of the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate, according to Sub-Inspector Jinnat Ali of the Prosecution Division. Shaukat is to be brought to court from jail for the hearing.

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 (D...