A Dhaka court today (Dec 9) placed former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak on a three-day remand in a case filed over the killing of Narayanganj Govt Tolaram College MBA student Monir Miah during the July-August mass uprising.
 
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah issued the order as police produced Palak before the court and pleaded to place him on a seven-day remand in the case lodged with the Shahbagh Police Station.

Palak was arrested from the capital's Nikunja Residential Area on August 14 and placed on different terms of remand in various cases filed over the crimes committed during the July-August mass uprising.
 
According to the case documents, Monir joined an anti-discrimination student rally in the capital's Chankharpul area on August 5. He got shot around 12.30 pm and rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where the duty doctors declared him dead.
 
Monir's cousin Raju Ahmed filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station on October 2. 

BDST: 1430 HRS, DEC 09, 2024
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