Ex-state minister Zakir sent to jail

A Dhaka court on Monday sent to jail former state minister for primary and mass education Zakir Hossain in a case lodged over the murder of electrician Shamim Hawlader in the capital's Mohammadpur area.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiyak passed the order as police produced the former state minister before the court after end of his three-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind the bars till the completion of the probe.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter on October 25 placed Zakir Hossain on a three-day remand in the case.

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested the former junior minister from the city's Mohammadpur area on October 24.

Shamim Hawlader was shot in Mohammadpur Beribadh area on July 20 during the anti-discrimination student movement. He was rushed to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Later, Shamim's cousin Jakir Hossain filed the case with the Mohammadpur Police Station.