Ex-IGP Shahidul sent to jail in trader Wadud killing case

A court in Dhaka has sent former inspector general of police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque to jail in a case lodged over the murder of trader Abdul Wadud in the capital's New Market area during the recent anti-discrimination student movement.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Haider passed the order on Wednesday as the police produced Shahidul before the court after the end of his seven-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind bars till the conclusion of the probe.

Shahidul was arrested by the detective branch (DB) of police on September 3 and was placed on a seven-day remand in the case the next day.

Abdul Wadud was killed in front of New Market 1st gate on July 19. His relative Abdur Rahman filed the case on August 21 against 130 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader, Anisul Huq, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Salman F Rahman.