Palak on 12-day remand in three cases

A court in Narayanganj has placed Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology, on a 12-day remand, allowing four days of interrogation for each of the three cases filed against him, report agencies.

Senior Judicial Magistrate Belayet Hossain of Narayanganj passed the order on Tuesday after police produced him before the court with a 19-day remand prayer for the three cases.

Three murder and explosives cases were filed over an attack on anti-discrimination student protesters in Narayanganj's Sadar Model and Siddhirganj Police Stations. Following the hearing, the court granted a four-day remand for each case, said Narayanganj Court Police Inspector Abdul Qayyum.

After the hearing, he was sent back to jail.