Ex-ministers Razzaque, Faruk, DNCC mayor Atiq land in jail


FE Team | Published: October 18, 2024 00:01:38


Ex-ministers Razzaque, Faruk, DNCC mayor Atiq land in jail

A Dhaka court has sent to jail former agriculture minister and Awami League (AL) presidium member Abdur Razzaque and former civil aviation and tourism minister Lt Colonel (Retd) Faruk Khan in two separate murder cases, report agencies.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ali Haider passed the orders on Thursday as police produced Razzaque and Faruk before the court after the end of their two-day remand each in trader Abdul Wadud and BNP activist Md Mokbul murder cases respectively.
The two concerned investigation officers in the cases pleaded to keep the accused behind bars until the end of the probe into their respective cases.
Meanwhile, the court showed Faruk Khan arrested in two more murder cases filed with the capital's Adabor and New Market Police Stations.
Besides, another Dhaka court sent the former mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Atiqul Islam to jail, showing him arrested in three separate murder cases.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ali Haider passed the order as police produced him before the court in a case filed over the murder of schoolboy Rakib Hasan.
Police later pleaded to show him arrested in two more cases filed over the murders of Al Shahriar Hossain and autorickshaw driver Md Roni, with the capital's Mohammadpur Police Station.

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