Five put on 2-day remand over RU teacher killing

RAJSHAHI, Dec 2 (UNB): A court here placed Tuesday five people on a two-day remand in connection with the murder of Rajshahi University (RU) teacher Prof AKM Shafiul Islam.

Judge of the Metropolitan Magistrate Court-3 Sharmin Akhter passed the order when police produced them before her court seeking a 10-day remand for each of them.

Those remanded are Ariful Islam Manik, Abdus Salam Pintu, Sabuj Sheikh, Sirajul Islam Kalu and Mamun.

On November 23, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested six people, including the five, in connection with the brutal killing of Prof Shafiul Islam. They were sent to jail on November 25.