MP Azim murder: Jhenaidah District AL general secretary placed in 10-day remand

Jhenaidah District Awami League General Secretary Saidul Karim Mintu has been taken into 10-day remand by the police in the case of abducting Jhenaidah-4 Constituency Member of Parliament Anwarul Azim Anar with an intent to kill.

The police produced him in the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka today (13 June).

DB Police Senior Assistant Commissioner Mahfuzur Rahman appealed to take him in 10-day remand for proper investigation of the case and the judge granted the plea.

The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained him on 11 June from the capital’s Dhanmondi area this noon and took him to DB office on Minto Road for interrogation.

Earlier, Shimul Bhuiyan, who was arrested as one of the accused in the murder, mentioned the involvement of several Awami League leaders in MP Azim’s murder in his statement given to the court, according to officials of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Based on the information provided by Shimul Bhuiyan, Jhenaidah Awami League Relief and Social Welfare Secretary Kazi Kamal Ahmed Babu was arrested from Jhenaidah recently and was placed on seven-day remand on 9 June. 

Meanwhile, a Dhaka court today denied bail plea for Celesty Rahman in the MP Azim case. 

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Tariqul Islam denied the bail after a plea from her lawyer. The lawyer argued that Celesty was being harassed and framed without any concrete evidence.