RANGPUR, Feb 27, 2025 (BSS) – A court has granted a three-day remand to joint general secretary of Begum Rokeya University's banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) unit, Imran Chowdhury Akash in the Abu Sayeed murder case.

 
Judge Asaduzzaman of the Rangpur Metropolitan Cognizance Court passed the order on Thursday afternoon.

 
Investigating officer of the case PBI Rangpur Superintendent of Police (SP) ABM Jakir Hossain confirmed the matter.

 
Earlier on Thursday afternoon, PBI SP Zakir Hossain produced accused Imran Chowdhury Akash in the court and applied for a four-day remand for questioning in connection with investigation of the Abu Sayeed murder case.

 
After the hearing, the judge granted him a three-day remand for questioning. Later, Imran Chowdhury Akash was taken to the PBI office under tight police guard.

 
Earlier on February 15, Akash was arrested by Jamalpur police from the Gangapara village of Islampur upazila in Jamalpur district.
 
On July 16 last year, Abu Sayeed, a student of the English Department of Begum Rokeya University, was shot dead by the police during the anti-discrimination student movement protest processions.
 
His elder brother Ramzan Ali filed a murder case as the plaintiff in the incident.