Former lawmaker Afzal on 7-day remand in Shamim killing case

A court has placed former lawmaker from Kishoreganj-5 constituency Md Afzal Hossain on a seven-day remand in a case filed over the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim in 2023.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam passed the order on Monday morning.

The court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanaullah on March 25 sent the former lawmaker to jail as police produced Afzal before the court on that day and had pleaded to place him on a 10-day remand in the case.

The court, however, decided to hold a hearing on his bail plea and police petition for placing him on remand later, as the primary case documents had not reached the court by then.

Police arrested Md Afzal Hossain from Meherpur town on March 24.

According to the case documents, BNP called a grand rally on October 28, 2023. Awami League also called its rally in the capital to foil this programme. At one stage, Awami League activists, with the help of police, attacked BNP's rally in Naya Paltan, killing Shamim on the spot.

The case was filed with the capital's Paltan Police Station on September 24, 2024.