A court here on Thursday placed MA Matin, who was arrested in connection with the murder of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella, from Benapole border area, on an 8-day remand. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shahriar Adnan Hossain passed the order when DB inspector Mohammad Zaher Hossain produced him before the court seeking a 10-day remand. The court also rejected the bail plea of Matin’s lawyer S M Shawkat Hossain. In the bail petition Matin’s lawyer said hat Matin is innocent he has been arrested just for harassment. He also mentioned that some miscreants picked up Matin in front of his residence on October 20. Later, his family members filed a general diary with Badda Police Station. Earlier, detectives arrested MA Matin on Wednesday night for his suspected link to the murder when he was trying to leave the country. The name of MA Matin appeared in the confessional statement of Vagne Russel who had been arrested along with three others from different areas of the capital on October 26 in connection with the murder. Later, he was brought here from Benapole on Thursday morning. Cesare Tavella, 50, project manager for PROOFS (Profitable Opportunities for Food Security) of the Netherlands-based non-governmental organisation ‘ICCO Cooperation’ was shot dead by some miscreants in the city’s Gulshan area on September 28. A case was filed with Gulshan Police Station on the day. It was transferred to DB police on September 29. – Dhaka, Nov 5 (UNB)
