Ex-MP Momtaz on six-day remand

Momtaz Begum, popular singer and former MP for Manikganj-2, has been placed on a six-day remand in connection with two separate murder and sabotage cases in Manikganj, report agencies.

She was brought to Manikganj from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on Thursday morning to appear before the courts.

Momtaz was produced before Manikganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Abdun Nur in a murder case filed with Singair Police Station.

The magistrate granted a four-day remand for her interrogation.

Later, in connection with another case filed with Harirampur Police Station, Judge Ivy Akter of the Manikganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Court placed her on a two-day remand.

According to court police sources, the murder case relates to a deadly procession in support of a hartal in Gobindal, Singair upazila, back in 2013.

Four people were killed in the incident. Md Majnu Molla, a resident of Gobindal village, filed the case against her on October 25, 2024.