Haji Salim on 5-day remand in Ideal College student murder case
Police arrested Salim from the capital's Bongshal area last night
A Dhaka court today (2 September) placed former Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim on a five-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of Ideal College student Khalid Hasan Saifullah during the recent Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Akteruzzaman passed the order as police produced the former lawmaker before the court and pleaded to place him on a 10-day remand in the case.
Police arrested Salim from the capital's Bongshal area last night.
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Saifullah was gunned down in Lalbagh Government Residential Area on July 18 as he was taking part in anti-discrimination student rally.
His father Kamrul Hasan filed the case with Lalbagh Police Station on August 19, against 52 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
