Dipu Moni on 4-day remand in murder case

A Dhaka court on Monday placed former minister Dr Dipu Moni on a four-day remand in a case over the killing of Jhut (garment-factory scrap) trader Md Monir during the July mass uprising. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order after the police produced Dipu Moni before the court and requested a 10-day remand in the case. The court later sent the former minister back to jail. According to case documents, Monir joined a mass uprising rally in the city's Chankharpul area on August 5, 2024. He was shot and died on the spot around noon that day. Monir's widow, Rojina Akter, filed the...