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Addl DIG Mashiur on 7-day remand

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BSS :

A court on Friday placed Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mashiur Rahman onseven-day remand in a case lodged over the killing of trader Abdul Wadud in capital’s.

New Market area during the recent anti-discrimination student movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saddam Hossain passed the order as police produced Mashiur beforethe court and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand in the case.

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Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Mashiur Rahman from the city airport area onThursday night. Wadud was shot in front of New Market 1st gate on July 19.

His relative Abdur Rahman filed the casewith capital New Market Police Station on August 21 against 130 people, including ousted primeminister Sheikh Hasina and Obaidul Quader.

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