Ex-minister Faruk Khan, three others remanded

A Dhaka court on Sunday placed four people including former civil aviation and tourism minister Lt Col (retd) Muhammad Faruk Khan on three-day remand each in a case lodged over the murder of schoolboy Shamim in the capital's Dhanmandi area during the July-August mass uprising, reports BSS.

The three other remanded accused are- former lawmaker Sadek Khan, secretary of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League's Dhaka University chapter Tanvir Hasan Saikat and former ward councilor Hasibur Rahman Manik.