United News of Bangladesh

A Manikganj court on Friday placed former Awami League  MP and noted singer Momtaz Begum on a fresh two-day remand in a case filed over assault and vandalism in Harirampur upazila. This came following the completion of her four-day remand in a separate murder case, a court official said. Momtaz was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in connection with a murder case filed with Singair Police Station. After hearing the bail plea, the court rejected her bail and granted a two-day remand in the Harirampur assault and vandalism case. Subrata Bain placed on 8-day remand in arms case Court Inspector Md Abul Khair said, “She was placed on a four-day remand in the Singair murder case. Today, the court denied her bail and placed her on a fresh two-day remand in another case filed with Harirampur Police Station.” The case dates back to a 2013 hartal (strike) day, when four people were killed in police firing during a pro-strike rally in the Gobindal area of Singair upazila. Nearly a decade later, on October 25 last year, Majnu Molla, a relative of one of the victims, filed a murder case with Singair Police Station, naming Momtaz as the prime accused.

Tension gripped the Manikganj court premises on Thursday as folk singer and former MP Momtaz Begum faced a hostile crowd, egg attacks, with thunderous chanting slogans demanding her execution during a court appearance. She had been brought to Manikganj from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur earlier in the day to appear before the court in several cases filed against her. As she was being taken back to the prison van following the hearings, leaders and activists of BNP, its student front Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and youth wing Jubo Dal, joined by locals erupted into slogans and threw eggs at the once-celebrated artiste. “Some people threw eggs while she was being taken to the prison van. I was standing right beside her and even got hit myself,” said Abul Khayer, officer-in-charge of Manikganj Court, recounting the moment of chaos. Inside the courtroom, legal proceedings unfolded with gravity. Momtaz was produced before Manikganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Abdun Nur in a murder case filed with Singair Police Station. Momtaz produced before Manikganj court, police seek fresh remand The magistrate granted a four-day remand for her interrogation. Later, in connection with another case filed with Harirampur Police Station, Judge Ivy Akter of the Manikganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Court placed her on a two-day remand. According to court police sources, the murder case relates to a deadly procession in support of a hartal in Gobindal, Singair upazila, back in 2013. Four people were killed in the incident. Md Majnu Molla, a resident of Gobindal village, filed the case against her on October 25, 2024. Besides, Delwar Hossain, Organising Secretary of the BNP’s Harirampur upazila unit, filed another case accusing Momtaz of involvement in attacks and vandalism at Harirampur Police Station on October 30 last year. The legal storm surrounding her had already intensified earlier this week when a Dhaka court placed her on a four-day remand in the same murder case. Once a cherished voice of the people, Momtaz now finds herself at the centre of public outrage and legal scrutiny. Her appearance at the Manikganj court was no ordinary proceeding as it was a day marked by anger, allegations and a dramatic fall from grace.

Former Member of Parliament and renowned singer Momtaz Begum was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Manikganj on Thursday (May 22) as an accused in multiple cases, including murder. She was brought to the court from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur in a police prison van around 8:30am, according to court sources. Officer-in-charge (OC) Abul Khair of the court police said Momtaz Begum was named the prime accused in a murder case filed over the killing of four people during a hartal procession in Gobindol area of Singair upazila in 2013. The case was filed on October 25 last year by Md Majnu Molla of Gobindol village under Singair Police Station. Singer Noble arrested in domestic violence case: Police Besides, another case was filed against her at Harirampur Police Station on charges of assault and vandalism. According to OC Abul Khair, the case was filed by Md Delwar Hossain, the organisational secretary of Harirampur upazila BNP, on October 29. The police officer said a hearing regarding the cases was scheduled to take place at 11:30am today (Thursday) in the courtrooms of Senior Judicial Magistrate Court-1 Judge Muhammad Abdun Nur and Court-3 Judge Ivy Akhter. Police submitted a petition seeking a 7-day remand in the Singair murder case and a 5-day remand in the Harirampur assault case, the OC said. Prior to this, Momtaz had been on a 4-day remand in connection with several murder cases filed in various police stations in Dhaka. Upon completion of that remand, she was sent to Kashimpur Central Jail.