A Dhaka court today ( Nov 13)  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.

Earlier today, 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 him on a three-day remand.

Earlier October 30, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman on 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.

BDST: 1638 HRS, NOV 13, 2024
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