Former State Minister Shahiduzzaman on 4-day remand

Former State Minister for Planning Md Shahiduzzaman Sarkar has been placed on a four-day remand in connection with BNP activist Mokbul Hossain murder case.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ziadur Rahman granted the remand on Thursday.

Earlier, Sub-Inspector of Palton police station Nazmul Hasan  produced him before the court with a prayer of 10-day remand.

Mokbul was shot dead allegedly by police led by the then chief of the Detective Branch (DB) Harun-or-Rashid during an anti-government agitation programme of BNP at its central office on December 10, 2022.

One Mahfuzur Rahman filed a case with Palton Thana accusing 256 people, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on September 30.