Attempted murder of Mirza Abbas: Menon sent to jail after remand

President of Bangladesh Workers Party and former civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon has been sent to jail after remand in the attempted murder case of BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanaullah passed the order on Wednesday (September 25) as the investigating officer of the case produced him before the court after completing a three-day remand, and pleaded to keep him in jail.

According to the case statement, on December 15, 2018, a gang of miscreants equipped with sticks, rods, sharp weapons and cocktails swooped on Mirza Abbas and some BNP leaders during the election campaign in front of Segunbagicha kitchen market, leaving them critically injured.

A case was filed in this regard later with Shahbagh Police Station.

Earlier on August 22, Menon was detained from the city’s Gulshan area in connection to a murder case.