Ex-agriculture minister Abdus Shahid on 4-day remand in murder case

A court has placed former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid on a four-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain during the student-led mass uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order as police produced Shahid before the court on Wednesday and pleaded to place him on a 10-day remand in the case filed with the Uttara West Police Station.

The former agriculture minister was arrested from Uttara early the same day.

Alamgir Hossain, 34, a driver of Raida Paribahan, was gunned down in Uttara Azampur area on August 5. His mother Aleya Begum filed the case on October 6, against 288 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.