Tuku, Palak, 4 others placed on fresh remand

A Dhaka court has placed former deputy speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku, former Deputy Sports Minister Arif Khan Joy, Awami League Organizing Secretary Ahmed Hossain, former Chairman of Chittagong Port Rear Admiral (retd) Mohammad Sohail, BCL’s Dhaka University unit General Secretary Tanvir Hasan Saikat on a fresh three-day remand each in a murder case. 

Besides, former state minister for posts, telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak has been placed on a six-day remand in two separate murder cases. 

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Moinul Islam passed the order on Sunday morning.  

Palak was produced before the court with a 14-day remand prayer in the murder cases filed with Badda and Sutrapur police stations. 

On the other hand, Tuku, Joy, Hossain, Sohail and Saikat were produced before the court with a seven-day remand prayer in the case filed with the Adabor Police Station over the killing of Rubel, an RMG worker in Mohammadpur during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

On August 14, acting on a tip-off, police arrested Tuku, Palak and Saikat from Nikunja residential area in the capital’s Khilkhet area. A Dhaka court placed them on a ten-day remand each in a case filed over killing of rickshaw puller Kamal Miah in the capital’s Paltan area. 

On August 19, Joy was arrested from Dhanmondi area in the capital. He was placed on a five-day remand in a case filed over the murder of grocer Abu Sayed in Mohammadpur.

On August 20, Hossain and Sohail were detained from Gulshan area in the capital. A Dhaka court placed them on a 4-day remand each on August 21 in a case filed over killing Juba Dal leader Nabin Talukder with Paltan police station.