A court here today placed six people including
former state minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak on seven-day remand
in a case lodged over Ideal College student Khalid Hasan Saifullah during
recent Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.
The five other remanded accused are- former deputy speaker Shamsul Haque
Tuku, Arif Khan Joy, Ahmed Hossain, Rear Admiral (read) Mohammad Sohayel, and
Tanvir Hasan Saikat.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arobia Khanam passed the order as police
produced the six before the court and pleaded to place them on 10-day remand
each.
Saifullah was gunned down in Lalbagh area on July 18 as he was taking part in
anti-discrimination student movement. His father filed the case with Lalbagh
Police Station on August 19.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha