Ex-energy adviser Tawfiq sent to jail in Sumon murder case

A Dhaka court has sent ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's energy adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury to jail in a Sumon Shikder murder case filed with Badda Police Station.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman passed the order on Sunday.

Earlier in the day, police produced Tawfiq before the court, pleading to keep him behind the bars till the end of probe in the case.

On September 10, Detective branch (DB) of police arrested Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury from capital's Gulshan area. 

On September 11, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Haider placed him on four-day remand.

Sumon Shikder, 31, was killed in police firing beside Fuji Tower in Badda area on July 19. 

Later, his mother Masuma Begum filed the case against 179, including Sheikh Hasina.