Former minister and Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon was taken to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court in the capital on Friday for remand hearing in a murder case. — Focus Bangla A Dhaka court has placed Workers Party President and former lawmaker, Rashed Khan Menon, on a five-day remand in a murder case filed with Dhaka's New Market thana, reports UNB.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Haider passed the order after the police produced him before the court around 4:00 pm, seeking a 10-day remand on Friday.
Earlier on Thursday night, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) detained Menon from the capital's Gulshan area.
Later, he was shown arrested in a case filed with the New Market thana over the murder of a businessman named Abdul Wadud in the police station area during the recent Anti-Discrimination Students' Movement.
During the AL regime, Menon first served as the Minister of Private Aviation and Tourism and later as the Minister of Social Welfare.
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