Asaduzzaman Noor, Mahbub Ali land in jail

A Dhaka court has sent former minister of culture Asaduzzaman Noor and former state minister for civil aviation and tourism Mahbub Ali to jail in a case filed on charge of murdering a hotel staff Siam Sarder.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mosharrof Hossain passed the order after rejecting bail plea on Monday (September 16).

Earlier, investigation officer sub-inspector Abdur Rahman produced them before the court, seeking confinement in jail in the case.

On Sunday night (September 15), a team of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested them from Bailey Road and Mahbub Ali from Segunbagicha in Dhaka.

On July 18, hotel staffer Siam Sarder, 17, was shot dead in Dhaka's Mirpur area during quota reform movement. On September 12, Sohag Sarder, 45, father of the victim, filed the murder case with the court against former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and 113 others.