Justice Manik on 2-day remand in student killing case
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik was detained from Zakiganj border area in Sylhet on 24 August 2024 while trying to flee to India
A court here today placed retired judge of the Appellate Division of Supreme Court Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik on a two-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of student Md Abu Jar Sheikh in the city's Gulshan area during the anti-discrimination student movement.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Monirul Islam passed the order as police produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on a seven-day remand.
Md Abu Jar Sheikh got shot in the Pragati Swarini area under Gulshan police station on 19 July and was rushed to the hospital. He succumbed to his injuries on 27 July at Evercare Hospital in the capital.
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His mother filed the case on 16 November 2024.
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik was detained from Zakiganj border area in Sylhet on 24 August 2024 while trying to flee to India.
