Former minister, Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Friday (Oct 4) placed on remand in the case of shooting dead Daffodil International University student Ramiz Uddin Rup during the anti-discrimination student movement.

Earlier on the day, Badda police station Sub-Inspector Syed Imrul Saheed had applied for remanding the former Awami League minister for 10 days. After the hearing, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuddin Hossain granted a seven-day remand.

A team of detective branch of police arrested Sadhan Chandra Majumder from the capital's Bashundhara residential area on October 3.

According to the case statement, Rup, 21, was shot dead in Karwan Bazar area on 4 August as he was taking part in the anti-discrimination student movement.

He was a student of computer science department at Daffodil International University.

Later, Rup's father AKM Rokibul Ahmed filed a murder case in this regard with Tejgaon Police Station against 223 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

BDST: 1906 HRS, OCT 04, 2024
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