Former railway minister Nurul Islam Sujan on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court on Sunday placed former railways minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan on a five-day remand in a case filed over the death of Rafiqul Islam.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Hossain granted the remand period on Sunday. Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order after produced him before it seeking a 10-day remand.

On September 17, Sujan was shown arrested in the case after the IO submitted an application even though his name was not included in the First Information Report (FIR).

According to the prosecution, Rafiqul was shot in front of Monwara Hospital around 9:00am on July 19. Later, he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment where he died the following day.

Later, victim’s wife Narzia Akhter filed a case against Sheikh Hasina and 194 others with Jatrabari Police Station in this regard.

Another Dhaka court on September 17 placed him on a three-day remand in another case filed over the death of a student, Imran Hossain, in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area on August 5.