Dhaka, June 23 -- Police have sought a 10-day remand to question former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda in a case lodged by the BNP, accusing him of holding national elections without a public mandate.

Investigating officer in the case Sub Inspector Shamsuzzoha of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station, filed the remand petition on Monday.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court will hear the remand petition on Monday afternoon, said Sub Inspector Rafiqul Islam of the prosecution division of the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station.

Police took Huda into custody after he was assaulted by "students and members of the public" outside his home in Uttara around 7:30pm on Sunday, six hours after being named in the lawsuit filed by the B...