Menon, Inu, Palak sent to jail as remand ends

A Dhaka court has sent former ministers Rashed Khan Menon and Hasanul Haq Inu and ex-state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak to jail after the end of their remand in a murder case, report agencies.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Muhammad Zunaid passed the order on Saturday after they were produced before the court.
Earlier on October 8 last, the trio was taken on a seven-day remand.
According to the case details, Emon Gazi sustained bullet wounds in the student-led demonstration at Chittagong Road under Jatrabari Police Station on August 5 and died on the spot.
Emon's brother Anwar Hossain filed the case with Jatrabari Police Station on August 28 last.
Menon was arrested from the city's Gulshan area on August 22 while Inu from Uttara on August 26 and Palak from Nikunja residential area under Khilkhet Police Station on August 14 last.