Singer Momtaz on 4-day remand in murder case

A Dhaka court has placed Momtaz Begum, popular singer and former MP for Manikganj-2, on a four-day remand in connection with the murder of hawker Md Sagar in capital's Mirpur during last year's July uprising, report agencies.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana issued the remand order on Tuesday following a hearing on a police petition.

Monirul Islam, a sub-inspector of Mirpur Model Police Station, and the case's investigating officer, produced Momtaz before court with a seven-day remand prayer. After hearing the petition, the magistrate granted a four-day remand.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrrested Momtaz in the capital's Dhanmondi on Monday night, according to spokesman Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman.

Momtaz was then formally arrested in the Sagar murder case.

According to the case dossier, hawker Sagar took part in the July uprising on July 19 in the Mirpur-10 roundabout area.