Dhaka: A court here on Sunday rejected the bail petition of former NSU teacher Abul Hasnat Rezaul Karim in connection with Gulshan terror attack.

Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Quamrul Hossain Mollah passed the order when Hasnat’s lawyer Shahabuddin filed a petition for his bail before the court, reports UNB.

Earlier, Abul Hasnat Rezaul Karim was placed on eight-day remand twice in the case on August 13 and August 4.

A team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) arrested Hasnat from the city's Gulshan area on August 10 for his suspected link to the attack. He was shown arrested under Section 54 of the CrPC.

Abul Hasnat, also a businessman was rescued along with 12 others during the commando operation at the Holey Artisan Bakery in the city's Gulshan area on July 2 following a 12-hour hostage standoff.

Twenty hostages, including 17 foreign nationals, were killed by militants, while five militants and one suspected associate of the attackers were killed during a commando operation in the café on July 2.