Ex-minister Farhad Hossain placed on 5-day remand

A court on Sunday placed former public administration minister Farhad Hossain on a five-day remand in the garment worker Rubel murder case filed with the Adabor police station.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM), Dhaka Md Sanaullah passed the order after accepting a plea from the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case Inspector of Adabor Thana Abdul Malek.

On August 5, Rubel was shot during a protest rally near the Mohammadpur Ring Road area. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where attending doctors declared him dead.

His father Rafiqul Islam later filed a case with Adabor Thana on August 22.

Other notable accused of the case are- the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, former transport minister and AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former members of parliament- Barrister Sayedul Huq Sumon, Ferdous Ahmed and Sakib-al Hasan.

Farhad was arrested from the capital’s Eskaton area on Saturday night.