Salman F Rahman, Anisul Haque put on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court has placed former Prime Minister’s adviser Salman F Rahman and former Law Minister Anisul Huq on a 5-day remand each in a case filed for killing a youth named Sumon Shikder during the quota reform protest.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nurul Huda Chowdhury passed the order on Thursday morning (August 29).

The court also placed former MP Sadek Khan and army officer Ziaul Ahsan on 5-day remand in the same case.

Earlier on August 13, Salman F Rahman and former Law Minister Anisul Huq were arrested from the Sadarghat area of the capital during an alleged escape attempt.