Ex-state minister Farhad placed on two-day remand
A file photo of Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain. Photo:BSS
A Meherpur court on Thursday placed Farhad Hossain, former state minister for public administration, on a two-day remand.
Meherpur Senior Judicial Magistrate Sharmin Nahar passed the order when police produced Farhad, also president of the Meherpur district unit of Awami League, before the court.
Earlier on Wednesday night, police took the AL leader to Meherpur jail.
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He was also shown arrested in two cases filed for attacking students during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement.
A number of cases have been filed against Farhad in Dhaka and Meherpur district after the fall of the AL-led government on 5 August.
Police arrested Farhad from Dhaka's Eskaton area on 14 September.
