Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSoD) president and former minister Hasanul Haq Inu has been remanded for five days in the case of the murder of truck driver Sujan at Mohammadpur in the capital.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifur Rahman's court passed the order after the hearing on Tuesday afternoon.
Earlier, the investigating officer of the case, Inspector (Investigation) of Mohammadpur Police Station Sabuj Rahman produced Inu in the court and applied for a 10-day remand along with arrest.
A hearing was held in favour of granting a 10-day remand from the state side. Inu's lawyer held a hearing seeking cancellation of remand and bail. After hearing both sides, the court ordered his remand for five days.
Earlier on August 25, a team of Detective Branch arrested Inu from a house at Uttara.
The next day, the court granted his 7-day remand in the case of the murder of businessman Abdul Wadud at New Market in the capital.
During the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, at around 8:30pm on July 20, truck driver Sujan was shot and killed while parking his vehicle at Beribadh area under Mohammadpur Police Station. Later, his brother Rafiqul Islam filed a murder case.
