Ex-IGP Mamun on 8-day, Shahidul on 7-day remand

A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed former inspectors general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun and AKM Shahidul Hoque on different terms of remand in two murder cases.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Akteruzzaman passed the orders, said a sub-inspector working in the court.

Mamun was placed on an eight-day remand after he was produced before the court with a 10-day remand prayer in a case filed over the death of a grocery shop owner, Abu Saeed, in Mohammadpur on 19 July.

On 13 August, SM Ameer Hamza Shatil of Mohammadpur filed the murder case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others with the court over the death of Saeed.

In addition, Shahidul was placed on a seven-day remand after he was produced before the court with a 10-day remand prayer in a case filed over the death of 45-year-old trader Abdul Wadud in the city's New Market area on 19 July during quota reform protests.

On 21 August, Abdur Rahman, a brother-in-law of Wadud, filed the case with New Market Police Station against Hasina and 129 others.

Police arrested Mamun and Shahidul from Uttara area early Wednesday.