Ex-minister Faruk Khan, 3 others remanded over Shamim murder

A court has placed four people including former civil aviation and tourism minister Lt Col (retd) Muhammad Faruk Khan on three-day remand each in a case lodged over the murder of schoolboy Shamim in the capital's Dhanmandi area during the July-August mass uprising.

The three other remanded accused are- former lawmaker Sadek Khan, secretary of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League's Dhaka University chapter Tanvir Hasan Saikat and former ward councillor Hasibur Rahman Manik.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shahin Reza passed the order on Sunday as police produced the four before the court and pleaded to place them on five-day remand each.

According to the case documents, Shamim, 13, joined an anti-discrimination student procession on August 5 in the Dhanmandi area. As the procession reached the Kalabagan area, cadres of Awami League and its front organizations swooped on them, leaving many including Shamim seriously injured.

Shamim was rushed to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, where he died from his injuries on August 6. Shamim's mother Jahanara Begum filed the case with Dhanmandi Police Station on October 3 against 128 including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.