Zunaid Ahmed Palak hospitalised after landing in jail
Palak was arrested on 14 August by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Police (DB) from the Nikunja residential area in Dhaka
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, the former state minister for posts, telecommunications, and information technology, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) last night (9 November) after falling ill.
Palak is currently receiving treatment in the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of DMCH.
The development was confirmed by Mohammad Faruk, a sub-inspector stationed at the Dhaka Medical College police outpost.
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Palak was brought in at around 9pm on Saturday after experiencing health complications, said Faruk.
On Saturday, a Dhaka court sent Palak to jail after his seven-day remand ended in a case filed over the killing of a youth named Emon Hossain Gazi during the mass uprising on 5 August.
Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Muhammad Zonaid issued the order as police produced him before the court and urged the court to keep them behind bars as further investigation into the murder case continues.
On 2 November, Palak was remanded for seven days in the murder case.
According to case details, Emon sustained critical bullet wounds and died on the spot during a student-people demonstration in the Chittagong Road area under Jatrabari Police Station on 5 August.
His brother Anwar Hossain filed the murder case with Jatrabari police on 28 August against 85 people, including Palak and ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Palak was arrested on 14 August by police from the Nikunja Residential Area in the capital's Khilkhet.
He was initially placed on a 10-day remand as part of the investigation into the murder case.
Since his arrest, Palak has been linked to several other cases and facing grilling in police custody nonstop in different cases.
