Dhaka, May 12 -- A court here on Sunday sent to jail three individuals, including Ashraf Siddiqui Bitu, former assistant press secretary to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case lodged under the anti-terrorism act.

The two other accused are Md Mosharraf Hossain Sarkar, former vice chairman of Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria and Md Nesar Ahammed, former organising secretary of Cumilla district Chhatra League, reports BSS.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbubur Rahman passed the order as police produced the trio before the court and pleaded their detention until the investigation is complete.

Earlier, police arrested Bitu from the Jigatola area of the capital on Saturday.

According to case documents, the trio, along with oth...