A Dhaka court on Friday placed former state minister for primary and mass education Zakir Hossain on three-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of electrician Shamim Hawlader in the Dhaka's Mohammadpur area.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter passed the order as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to place him on five-day remand in the case, reports BSS.
Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested the former junior minister from the city's Mohammadpur area on Thursday.
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