DHAKA, Nov 27, 2024 (BSS) - A Dhaka court today placed former food minister
Advocate Qamrul Islam on a four-day remand in a case lodged over the murder
of Khaled Hasan Saifullah in Lalbagh area during the recent anti-
discrimination student movement.
 
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Belal Hossain passed the order as police
produced the former minister before the court and pleaded to place him on a
10-day remand.
 
Police on November 18 arrested the former minister from a house in the Uttara
Sector-12 area. He was placed on an eight-day remand in a case lodged over
the murder of trader Abdul Wadud.
 
Khaled Hasan Saifullah was killed on July 18 while taking part in an anti-
discrimination rally in the Lalbagh Government Residential Colony area. His
father Kamrul Hasan on August 19 filed the case against 52 including ousted
prime minister Sheikh Hasina.