Dhaka metropolitan magistrate courts on Wednesday placed 10 people, including five former ministers, of the ousted Awami league government on different terms of remand in different cases.
Dhaka metropolitan magistrates Md Shariful Rahman and Md Imran Ahmed passed the orders after police produced them before the courts seeking remand for interrogation.
The former ministers are former minister Md Abdus Shahid, law minister Anisul Huq, food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder, shipping minister Shahjahan Khan, and information minister Hasanul Huq Inu.
The others remanded are former lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, former army officer Ziaul Ahsan, and Dhaka University Chhatra League鈥檚 general secretary Tanvir Hasan Saikat and聽 Swechchhasebak League leader Sheikh Jamal.
Former minister Md Abdus Shahid was placed on a 4-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain on August 5.
The police produced Shahid who was arrested at Uttara on Tuesday night, before the court and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand in the case filed with the Uttara West police station.
Anisul was placed on eight-day remand, five days in a case with the Shahbagh police station, and three days in a murder case with the Badda police station.
Sadhan Chandra and Shajahan were each remanded for three days in cases filed with Mohammadpur and Jatrabari police stations respectively, while Inu was remanded for five days in a murder case with the Dhanmondi police station.
Former IGP Mamun was put on three-day remand in a case with the Dhanmondi police station and an additional four days in a case with the Bangshal police station.
Additionally, Ziaul, Haji Salim, and Saikat were each placed on five-day remand in cases filed with New Market, Chawkbazar, and Dhanmondi police stations, respectively.
On the other hand, Dhaka additional chief metropolitan magistrate Jiadur Rahman placed Swechchhasebak League leader Sheikh Jamal on two-day remand over the murder of Juba Dal leader Shamim in 2023.
Anisul was arrested on August 13 at Sadarghat while police detained Inu on August 26 from Uttara.
Shajahan was arrested in Dhanmondi on September 5, and Sadhan Chandra was taken into custody in the Bashundhara Residential Area on the night of October 3.
Former army officer Ziaul was detained on August 16 in Khilkhet, and Chhatra League leader Saikat was apprehended on August 14 in Nikunja.
On September 1, Haji Salim was arrested at Bangshal in Old Dhaka, and former IGP Mamun was arrested on the night of September 3.