Ex-DNCC mayor Atiqul placed on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court has placed former mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Atiqul Islam on a five-day remand.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury passed the order on Wednesday (November 13) in a case lodged over the murder of one Bokul Miah with Uttara East Police Station.

Police produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on a 10-day remand in the case.

Earlier, police arrested the former DNCC mayor from the capital's Mohakhali DOHS area on October 16.

According to the case documents, Bokul Miah joined the anti-discrimination student movement on July 18 in Uttara East area. He was shot in the head and succumbed to his injuries the next day.

Later, his widow, Monika Akter, filed the case with the Uttara East Police Station.