Ex-SCBA secretary Mehedi placed on 3-day remand in murder case

A court here today placed Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehedi, former secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), on a three-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain during the student-led mass uprising.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury passed the order as police produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on a seven-day remand in the case.
Mehedi was arrested from his Uttara Sector 9 house on 10 November.
Alamgir Hossain, 34, a driver of Raida Paribahan, was gunned down in Uttara Azampur area on 5 August. His mother Aleya Begum filed the case on October 6, against 288 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.