DHAKA, Oct 19, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today granted a three-day remand for former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder,  an ex-lawmaker of Dhaka-15 constituency.

He was remanded in a case filed with Shah Ali Police Station over killing  a student of  Jagannath University  named  Ekramul Haque  during the anti-discrimination student movement.

Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Haider passed the order this morning as police produced him before the court with a seven-day remand prayer.

Ekramul was critically hurt by bullets when he was taking part in a protest rally in support of the anti-discrimination student movement in front of Shah Ali Mazar area on August 4 last.

He was rushed to Combined Military Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on August 14.

Ekramul's father Ziaul Haque filed a murder case with Shah Ali Police Station in this regard.

Kafrul police arrested Kamal Majumder from a house at Gulshan around 12:30am last night, officer-in-Charge  (OC)  Golam Mostafa told BSS.

He was accused in several murder cases filed with Kafrul and other police stations after the fall of Awami League government on August 5 .