Dhaka, Dec. 8 -- A Dhaka court on Monday sent senior journalist and former Jatiya Press Club president Shaukat Mahmood to jail in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order and fixed Thursday for hearing the remand petition.

Earlier in the day, the investigation officer of the case, Inspector Akhtar Morshed of the DB Police's Ramna Zonal Team, sought a 10-day remand for questioning.

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.

Sub-Inspector Azizul Hakim of Ramna Police Station filed the case on September 14, a day after Enayet's...