Dhaka: A Dhaka court on Tuesday asked police to interrogate BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at the jail gate within two working days in two cases filed against him with the city’s Motijheel Police Station on charges of arson attack.

Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shamsul Arefin passed the order after rejecting both Rizvi’s bail plea and police’s appeals to take him in police custody in the two cases.

On 16 July, defence lawyer Mohammad Sanaullah Miah filed the bail petition in the case with the court while the two investigation officers sought a 20-day remand for Rizvi in the two cases.

Earlier, two cases were filed against Rizvi with the Motijheel Police Station in connection with arson attack on 8 January and 18 January during the countrywide blockade.