Ex-agriculture minister Abdus Shahid lands in jail in murder case

A court has sent former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid to jail in a case lodged over the murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain during the student-led mass uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Imran Ahammed passed the order as police produced Shahid before the court after the end of his four-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind bars till the completion of the probe. The defence, whoever argued for bail. After hearing both sides, the court sent the former agriculture minister to jail on Sunday. 

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman on October 30 placed Md Abdus Shahid on a four-day remand.

The former agriculture minister was arrested from Uttara in the early hours of October 30.

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.