DHAKA, Nov 14, 2023 (BSS) - A court here today placed Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) joint general secretary Aman Ullah Aman on five-day fresh remand in a case lodged over murder of police constable Amirul Islam Pervej on October 28.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury passed the order as police produced Aman before the court after end of seven-day remand in the case and pleaded to place him on another seven-day remand.

The same court on November 7 had placed Aman, the prime accused in the case, on seven-day remand.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Aman from Mohakhali Bus Stand area on November 6.

Constable Pervej, 32, was barbarically beaten to death allegedly by the leaders and activists of BNP during their grand rally in capital's Naya Paltan area on October 28. Paltan Police Station sub-inspector Masuk Miah on October 29 filed the case against 164 people, making BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam as the prime accused.