A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed retired justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik arrested in six separate cases filed over murders during the recent anti-discrimination student movement.
The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zaki Al Farabi passed the order after holding hearing in this regard, BSS reports.
Of the six cases, four were filed with Badda Police Station, one with Lalbagh Police Station and another with Adabor Police Station.On August 23, Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik was detained by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) from a banana orchard in a border area with India under Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet as he was trying to flee the country.
He was handed over to Kanaighat Police Station the next day.
The former justice was later flown to Dhaka by a helicopter of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
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