Ex-ministers Qamrul, Menon, three others shown arrested in fresh cases

A Dhaka court has showed former ministers Advocate Qamrul Islam and Rashed Khan Menon and three others arrested in fresh cases filed with different police stations in the capital, reports BSS.

The three other arrestees are former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former deputy commissioner of police's Lalbagh zone Moshiur Rahman and former acting mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Asadur Rahman Kiron.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah passed the orders on Monday, allowingseparate pleas of the police.

Of the five, Qamrul was shown arrested in separate murder cases filed with Kamrangirchar Police Station, while Menon was shown arrested in a case filed with Motijheel Police Station. Mamun and Moshiur were shown arrested in a case filed with the Chawkbazar Police Station and Kiron was shown arrested in a case filed with Uttara West Police Station.

Advocate Qamrul Islam was arrested from Uttara Sector-12 on November 18, while Rashed Khan Menon was arrested on August 22 from the capital's Gulshan area. Detective Branch of police on September 3 arrested the former police chief and arrested Moshiur on September 19 from the capital.

Meanwhile, a Dhaka court has showed Kaushik Hossain Taposh arrested in a case lodged for allegedly grabbing Gaan Bangla TV.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman passed the order, allowing a plea of the police on Monday.

One Syed Shams Uddin filed the case against five including Taposh and his wife Farzana Munni for grabbing the ownership of the music-based channel by threatening on gun-point. Another four unnamed persons were implicated in the case.