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He was later produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate&#8217;s Court of Dhaka and sent to jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman granted the remand after police produced Enayet before the court with a 10-day remand prayer, said a court staffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Case statement details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the case statement, &#8220;During primary interrogation, Enayet confessed that he came to Bangladesh as an agent of a foreign intelligence agency, with the objective of overthrowing the present interim government. This claim was initially supported by data found in the seized mobile phones from his possession.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It further said, &#8220;He is a US passport holder. He went to the US in 1988 and obtained a passport in 2004. 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