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DHAKA, June 18, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today placed former law minister Anisul Huq on a five-day remand in a case lodged over the killing of garment waste (jhut) trader Monir during the July-August Mass Uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate M Mejbah Ur Rahman passed the order as police produced Anisul before the court and pleaded to place him on a 10-day remand in the case.
 
Anisul Huq was arrested from the capital's Sadarghat area on August 13 as he along with Salman F Rahman, was trying to flee the city through the riverway.

According to the case documents, Monir joined student-people rally in the Shahbagh area on August 5, 2024. He was shot when the rally came under attack at noon. Monir succumbed to his injuries on the spot. 

Monir's widow filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station on March 14, 2025.