, June 29 -- A Dhaka court on Sunday sent former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal to jail in a case filed over committing irregularities including sedition.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiak passed the order after rejecting his bail petition.

After completion of this three-day remand, investigating officer of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Syed Sajedur Rahman produced Awal before the court.

The Dhaka court on June 26 placed Awal on a three-day remand in the case.

A team of DB police arrested Awal from the Moghbazar area on June 25.

Earlier on June 22, police arrested former CEC KM Nurul Huda from Uttara area of Dhaka.

On June 22, BNP filed a case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station accusing...