5 accused in Deepto TV employee killing remanded

A Dhaka court has placed five accused arrested in the case lodged over the killing of Tanjil Jahan Islam Tamim, broadcast officer of Deepto TV, on four-day remand each.

The five remanded accused are- Md Abdul Latif, Md Kurban Ali, Mahin, Mozammel Haque Kabir and Badhon.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbub Ahmed passed the order as police produced the five accused before the court and pleaded to place them on seven-day remand in the case filed with the capital's Hatirjheel Police Station.

According to the case documents, Tamim was killed over a dispute between land owners and a developer company. Tamim's father later filed the case against 16 people with the Hatirjheel Police Station.