Ex-agriculture minister Abdus Shahid on 4-day remand in murder case

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order

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30 October, 2024, 05:25 pm

Last modified: 30 October, 2024, 05:30 pm

Former agriculture minister Abdus Shahid. Photo: Collected

A Dhaka court today (30 October) placed former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid on four-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain during the student-led mass uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order as police produced Shahid before the court and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand in the case filed with the Uttara West Police Station.

The former agriculture minister was arrested from Uttara in the early hours today.

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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 6 October against 288 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

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