A Dhaka court recently (7 October) placed venerable atmosphere minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury 5-day remand in a case filed over the killing of BNP activist Makbul in 2022.
Mahbubur Rahman, further chief magistrate of CMM court, passed the command after the police produced the venerable minister previous to the court and sought a 10-day remand, reports our correspondent.
The Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Saber from the capital’s Gulshan residence the previous day.
He used to be later confirmed arrested in a execute case filed with the Paltan Police Web page online over the killing of Mokbul, who died in 2022 after sustaining a bullet hurt within the BNP celebration office.
Saber is the newest to hitch the list of arrested Awami League leaders and venerable ministers for the reason that ouster of the celebration on 5 August after the pupil-led July uprising.
On the very least 47 top-level officials including advisers, ministers, members of parliament, venerable IGPs of police, and influential leaders of the Awami League were arrested.
Saber used to be a venerable member of parliament representing the Dhaka-9 constituency from 2008 to 2024.
He is also a venerable president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
He served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Ports and Transport and, later, as deputy minister for Local Authorities, Rural Boost and Cooperatives all the arrangement thru 1999-2001.
In October 2001, Saber used to be appointed as political secretary to the president of Bangladesh Awami League Sheikh Hasina, who used to be then the chief of the opposition in parliament.
He used to be appointed as special envoy for local weather trade on 12 June 2023 by then top minister Sheikh Hasina.
He served as the atmosphere, wooded space and local weather Switch minister from January 2024 to August 2024.