Former DGFI chief Mamun Khaled remanded again

A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former chief of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), retired Lt Gen Sheikh Mamun Khaled, on a six-day remand in a case filed over a killing linked to the anti-discrimination student movement in 2024.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Jewel Rana granted the remand after the investigation officer, Sub-Inspector Kafil Uddin of the Detective Branch (DB) of police, sought a seven-day remand.

This marked the second time he will be put on remand in the same case since he was arrested in the early hours of Thursday.

Following his late-night arrest on 26 March, a court granted five-day remand against the former army officer.

According to the case statement, Delwar Hossain, 40, took part in the student-led job quota reform movement in the Mirpur-10 area on the afternoon of 19 July 2024.

At one point, around 500-700 activists of the then ruling Awami League attacked the peaceful demonstration using local weapons and firearms.

On instructions from Mamun Khaled, the state-backed forces opened fire on the demonstrators, critically injuring Delwar Hossain, among others.

Two days later, Delwar succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the capital’s Shyamoli area.

Later, a murder case was filed in July last year.