A Dhaka court has granted 10 day remand to Salman F Rahman, private industry affairs adviser to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and Anisul Haque, former law minister, each in connection with a murder case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mamunur Rashid passed the order after they were produced before the court on Wednesday afternoon.
Salman F Rahman is being produced to a Dhaka Court on Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Observer
Earlier, on Tuesday, they were arrested at Sadarghat of the capital while they were trying to flee using the waterway.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mainul Hasan said they were arrested in a case filed with New Market Police Station over the killing of a shop employee.
Court sources said the duo were arrested on charges of instigating the killing of shop employee Shahjahan Ali, 24, on July 16.
Aysha Begum, mother of the victim, filed the case on July 17, accusing unnamed people after she identified Sabuj's body at Dhaka Medical College morgue.