Ex-DGFI director Afzal Naser granted fresh 4-day remand in murder case
He was detained on 30 March by a team of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police from a house in the Mirpur DOHS area of the city.
A Dhaka court today (8 April) placed former director of the DGFI, sacked Lieutenant Colonel Md Afzal Naser, on a four-day remand in a case lodged over the killing of BNP activist Makbul in 2022.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah passed the order as police produced Naser before the court after the end of his three-day remand in the case and pleaded to place him on a seven-day fresh remand.
Defence counsel Helal Uddin sought cancellation of the remand and bail, while Public Prosecutor Omar Faruq Faruqi opposed it, arguing the accused had been an ally and beneficiary of the previous regime and had not provided accurate information during the earlier remand.
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According to the case statement, BNP leaders and activists, as part of their party programme on 10 December 2022, began to gather in the capital.
During the programme, police and Awami League activists created a ruckus in front of the BNP central office in Dhaka's Nayapaltan on 7 December, entering the office, charging with batons, and opening fire on BNP members, critically injuring Makbul, who later died in a hospital.
The case was filed on 30 September 2024.
Earlier, Naser was detained on 30 March by a team of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police from a house in the Mirpur DOHS area of the city.
