A court has granted a four-day remand to former Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni in the murder case of Md. Monir, a swindler in the Chankharpul area of ​​Shahbagh Police Station in the capital.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order after a hearing on Monday. Dipu Moni was produced before the court from jail on the same day. Shahbagh Police Station Sub-Inspector Mainul Khan Pulak, the investigation officer of the case, applied for a 10-day remand.

Public Prosecutor Omar Faruk Faruki heard the case in favor of the remand. After hearing both sides, the court granted him a four-day remand. According to the charges in the case, on August 5 last year, during the July movement, small-time trader Md. Monir participated in the movement with students and the public in the Chankharpul area of ​​Shahbagh police station. He died on the spot after being shot by the accused in the afternoon.

In this incident, the deceased's wife, Rozina Akhter, filed a Shahbagh murder case on March 14. In this case, 351 people were named as accused and 500 were named as unknown accused.