A Dhaka court has remanded 10 individuals, including six former ministers from the Awami League government, for varying durations.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam issued the remand order following a hearing on Monday.
The individuals placed on remand include former information minister Hasanul Haq Inu, former social welfare minister Rashed Khan Menon, former law minister Anisul Huq, former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder, former civil aviation and tourism minister Faruk Khan, former state minister for Chattogram Hill Tracts affairs Dipankar Talukder, former superintendent of police Tanveer Salehin Emon, former Chhatra League joint general secretary Benazir Hossain Nishi, along with two activists of a banned organization identified as Kausar and Ramzan.
Public Prosecutor Omar Faruq Faruqi of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court confirmed the details.
Among them, Faruk Khan, Inu, and Menon have been placed on five-day remands in connection with an attempt-to-murder case filed at Motijheel Police Station over the 2015 attack on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s convoy. Anisul has been remanded in a case related to the murder of National Institute of Engineering and Technology student Abdullah Al Mahin, Kamal in connection with Anwar Hossain Patwary’s murder in Mirpur, and Dipankar over the killing of Juba Dal leader Shamim.
The court has placed Tanveer on a seven-day remand, while Nishi, Kausar, and Ramzan have each been remanded for five days in the Abdul Wadud murder case.
Additionally, former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and former minister Mosharraf Hossain have been shown as arrested in cases filed with Paltan Police Station.
