Dhaka, Oct. 12 -- Retired army officers lieutenant colonel Debashish Kumar Barua and lieutenant Gulshan Ara have been remanded for four days in a sedition case in Dhaka.

The case also involves alleged violations of the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Cyber Security Act.

Metropolitan Magistrate Didarul Alam passed the order on Monday after investigators sought seven days of remand, said SI Saiful Islam of the police prosecution department.

The case investigator, DB Cyber and Special Crime (South) division Inspector Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, alleged that the pair used WhatsApp groups named "Bangladesh Awami League Supporters Alpha" and "BBM Transparency" to raise funds and produce digital content inciting violence.

The remand petition also allege...