Ex-agriculture minister Abdus Shahid on 3-day remand
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury passed the order as police produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on a seven-day remand
A court today placed former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid on three-day fresh remand in a case lodged with Uttara West Police Station under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury passed the order as police produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on a seven-day remand. The defence, however, argued for his bail.
After hearing both sides, the court placed Md Abdus Shahid on a three-day remand.
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The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman on 30 October placed him on a four-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain during the student-led mass uprising.
The former agriculture minister was arrested in Uttara in the early hours of 30 October.
Tk3.20 crore, USD1,953, CAD1,120, Euro1,100, Qatari Riyal3,117, Thai Baht 5,300, Mexican pesos500, Hong Kong dollars50, and Rs3,000 in cash were recovered from his house during his arrest.
The case was filed under section 23 (1) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947.
