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Ex-MP Dhirendra Debnath put on 6-day remand in murder case

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Published: 14:47, 12 November 2024

Ex-MP Dhirendra Debnath put on 6-day remand in murder case

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A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former MP Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu on a six-day remand in a case over the killing of businessman Abdul Wadud in Dhaka’s New Market area during the student-led mass upsurge.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order after hearing a petition,  said the court’s public prosecutor Omar Faruk Faruki.

Earlier, investigation officer of the case Jahangir Arif produced the accused before the court with a 10-day remand prayer, he said. Though the defendant’s lawyers appealed for the bail the court rejected it.

Earlier, the former lawmaker, who was elected from Barguna-1 constituency, was arrested from Dhaka’s Uttara area on Monday night. On July 19, businessman Wadud was shot dead during the student-led movement in New Market area.

Later, the victim’s brother-in-law filed a murder case naming 130 accused including Sheikh Hasina with the New Market police station.

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