 "Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina. File Image- AFP.")
A Bangladesh court on Saturday sent Salman F Rahman, private industry affairs adviser to ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former law minister Anisul Huq, former social welfare minister Dipu Moni and two others on different terms of remand for interrogation in four murder cases.
According to a report of _Daily Star Newspape_r Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim passed the orders in the cases. Apart from the three, former chief whip ASM Feroz and former army officer Major General Ziaul Ahsan were also placed on remand in murder cases.
Salman, Anisul and Ziaul were placed on a fresh 10-day remand in two murder cases filed with New Market and Lalbagh police stations. Dipu Moni was placed on a four-day remand in a case filed with Badda Police Station and Feroz was placed on a seven-day remand in a case filed Bhatara Police Station.
Many Hasina-led Awami League party members are in jail after the new interim government led by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge on August 8 following the fall of the previous government.
On Thursday, five more murder cases were filed against former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former cabinet members and top police officials on Thursday, taking the total number of cases against her to 49.
Out of the total cases, 40 cases were lodged for murder, seven for crimes against humanity and genocide, one for abduction, and one for an attack on a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) procession.
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More ShortsHasina, the 76-year-old Awami League chairperson, resigned and fled to India on August 5 after unprecedented anti-government student-led protests against her government over a controversial quota system in jobs.
Hasina and 46 others were sued for the killing of a street hawker during protests in Ashulia on August 4 in Dhaka.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former AL lawmakers Md Saiful Islam and Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun were among the accused.