A Dhaka court today (7 October) placed former environment minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury 5-day remand in a case filed over the killing of BNP activist Makbul in 2022.
Mahbubur Rahman, additional chief magistrate of CMM court, passed the order after the police produced the former minister before the court and sought a 10-day remand, reports our correspondent.
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Saber from the capital's Gulshan area yesterday.
He was later shown arrested in a murder case filed with the Paltan Police Station over the killing of Mokbul, who died in 2022 after sustaining a bullet injury in the BNP party office.
Saber is the latest to join the list of arrested Awami League leaders and former ministers since the ouster of the party on 5 August after the student-led July uprising.
At least 47 top-level officials including advisers, ministers, members of parliament, former IGPs of police, and influential leaders of the Awami League have been arrested.
Saber was a former member of parliament representing the Dhaka-9 constituency from 2008 to 2024.
He is also a former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
He served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Ports and Shipping and, later, as deputy minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives during 1999-2001.
In October 2001, Saber was appointed as political secretary to the president of Bangladesh Awami League Sheikh Hasina, who was then the leader of the opposition in parliament.
He was appointed as special envoy for climate change on 12 June 2023 by then prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
He served as the environment, forest and climate Change minister from January 2024 to August 2024.
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