Ex-MP Momtaz on 4-day remand in uprising killing case

A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former Member of Parliament (MP) from Manikgaj-2 constituency and singer Momtaz Begum on a four-day remand in a case lodged over the murder one Md Sagor during the July-August mass uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order as police produced Momtaz before the court and pleaded to place her on a seven-day remand in the case lodged with the city's Mirpur Model Police Station. Earlier, a team of detective branch (DB) of police arrested Momtaz Begum from the city's Dhanmondi area on Monday Night.

She was accused in multiple cases of July-August mass uprising.

According to the case documents, hawker Md Sagor joined anti-discrimination students' rally on July 19 in Mirpur-10 intersection area.

He was fatally shot around 4pm during the protest. The case was filed in this connection on November 27 against 242 including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.