A court here On Wednesday placed former agriculture minister Md Abdus Shahid on a three-day fresh remand in a case lodged with Uttara West Police Station under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury passed the order after police produced him before the court and requested a seven-day remand.
However, the defense argued for his bail.
After hearing both sides, the court granted a three-day remand for Md Abdus Shahid.
Previously, on October 30, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman had placed him on a four-day remand in a case related to the murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain during the student-led mass uprising.
Md Abdus Shahid was arrested in Uttara in the early hours of October 30, when law enforcement recovered a significant sum of money from his house. The seized cash included Taka 3.20 crore, 1,953 USD, 1,120 Canadian dollars, 1,100 euros, 3,117 Qatari Riyals, 5,300 Thai Baht, 500 Mexican pesos, 50 Hong Kong dollars, and 3,000 Indian rupees.
The case against him was filed under Section 23(1) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947, reports BSS.
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