Former MP Shambhu placed on 6-day remand

A court on Tuesday placed former Barguna-1 lawmaker Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu on a six-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of trader Abdul Wadud.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order as police produced Shambhu before the court and pleaded to place him on a 10-day remand. The defence, however, argued for Shambhu's bail. After hearing both sides, the court placed the former lawmaker on a six-day remand.

The Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Shambhu in the capital's Uttara area on Monday.

Abdul Wadud was killed in the city's New Market area on July 19 last during the recent Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

Wadud's relative Abdur Rahman filed the case on August 21 against 130 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader, Anisul Huq, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Salman F Rahman and Amir Hossain Amu.

Source: BSS