A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former MP Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu on a six-day remand in a case over the killing of businessman Abdul Wadud in Dhaka’s New Market area during the student-led mass upsurge.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order after hearing a petition, said the court’s public prosecutor Omar Faruk Faruki.
Earlier, investigation officer of the case Jahangir Arif produced the accused before the court with a 10-day remand prayer, he said.
Though the defendant’s lawyers appealed for the bail the court rejected it.
Earlier, the former lawmaker, who was elected from Barguna-1 constituency, was arrested from Dhaka’s Uttara area on Monday night.
On July 19, businessman Wadud was shot dead during the student-led movement in New Market area.
Later, the victim’s brother-in-law filed a murder case naming 130 accused including Sheikh Hasina with the New Market police station.