Mumtaz remanded for 4 days in murder case

A court has sent former MP and Awami League leader Momtaz Begum, who was arrested in a murder case filed at the capital's Mirpur Model Police Station, on a 4-day remand. The police applied for remand, citing the need to interrogate her in the investigation of the case filed over the violent incidents that occurred during the anti-discrimination student movement.

She was produced before the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court at 2:17 pm on Tuesday (May 13). During the hearing, she was produced before Magistrate Md. Jewel Rana's court.

The investigating officer of the case, Mirpur Model Police Station Sub-Inspector Monirul Islam, applied for a seven-day remand. The state was represented in the hearing by Omar Faruk Farooqui, Public Prosecutor (PP) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court. On the other hand, the lawyers for the accused applied for the remand to be cancelled and bail granted. After hearing both sides, the court granted a 4-day remand.

The remand application said that preliminary evidence of Momtaz Begum's involvement has been found in the on-site investigation of the incident and based on various information and data. She is accused number 49 in the case. Momtaz is a former member of parliament from Manikganj-2 constituency and the president of Singair Upazila Awami League.

According to the police, cadres loyal to Momtaz Begum actively participated in the attack and shooting on students and the general public during the anti-discrimination student movement. A young man named Md. Sagar was shot and killed. He was rushed to the hospital where the doctor declared him dead.

The police said that it is necessary to bring Momtaz Begum on remand and interrogate her to unravel the main mystery of this incident and identify the whereabouts of the absconding accused.

Earlier, Momtaz Begum was arrested from the Dhanmondi area of ​​the capital at 11:45 pm on Monday (May 12).

According to the case details, the deceased Md. Sagar participated in the 'Anti-Discrimination Student Movement' at Mirpur-10 roundabout on July 19 last year. The protesters were attacked and shot at around 4:30 pm. Sagar was shot in the chest and passed out backwards. That night, his mother Beauty Akter went to look for her son and found his body at a private hospital in Mirpur around 3 am.

Later, on November 27, the deceased Sagar's mother Beauty Akter filed a murder case with Mirpur Model Police Station as the plaintiff. The case named 243 people, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and 250-400 others as unknown accused.

Former MP Momtaz Begum, one of the accused in the case, is currently on a 4-day police remand.