Nasim's associate Motahar placed on remand in Jasim murder case

A Dhaka court on Saturday placed Motahar Hossain, known as a close associate of banned Awami League leader Bahauddin Nasim, on a fresh three-day remand in a murder case linked to the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Monirul Islam passed the order, State Prosecutor Shamsuddoha Sumon confirmed.

Earlier in the day, the investigating officer of the case, a sub-inspector of Uttara West Police Station, produced the accused before the court and sought a fresh four-day remand.

The accused was earlier placed on a four-day remand in the case following his arrest from a residence in the Vatara area of the capital at around 9:00pm on 2 November.

The remand application stated that the accused had withheld important information despite providing some details during preliminary interrogation.

It alleged that he was a close associate of Awami League leader AHM Bahauddin Nasim and had financed efforts to thwart the student movement on 5 August.

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Police sought the fresh remand to identify and arrest other suspects, recover weapons used in the incident and obtain further information from the accused.

According to the police, Motahar is a named accused in the case filed with Uttara West Police Station over the killing of Md Jasim during an attack on anti-discrimination student movement in Uttara on 5 August 2024.