Ex-law minister Anisul Huq placed on 3-day remand in murder case
A Narayanganj court has ordered a three-day remand for former law minister Anisul Huq in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old youth named Ashiq in Sonargaon.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Noor Mohammad Mohsin issued the order this morning (5 February) after police sought a five-day remand for the former minister.
Anisul Huq was named as an accused in the murder case filed at Sonargaon Police Station, said Court Police Inspector Kaiyum Khan.
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After his arrest, the police sought his remand, and following a court hearing on both sides, the court granted three days of quizzing for Anisul, the court police said.
Public Prosecutor Abul Kalam Azad Zakir said on 4 August, Ashiq Mia, hailing from Cumilla, was injured by gun shots allegedly fired by Awami League activists on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Kanchpur.
He later succumbed to his injuries on 5 August while undergoing treatment. On 22 August, his mother, Kulsum Begum, filed a murder case at the Sonargaon Police Station.
Earlier at around 9am, when Anisul was brought to the court, the crowd shouted slogans calling him a "thief," and a "fraud."
He was then escorted from the court under tight security.
