DHAKA, Oct 4, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today placed Paltan Thana Awami League (AL) president Md Enamul Haque Abul on five-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuddin Hossain passed the order as police produced Abul, also the former counselor of Dhaka South City Corporation ward-13, before the court and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand in the case.

Abul was arrested in the city on October 3.

According to the case documents, BNP called grand rally on October 28, 2023. To foil this program, Awami League too called its own grand rally in the capital. At one stage, Awami League goons, with the help of police, attacked BNP's rally in Naya Paltan, killing Shamim on the spot.

The case was filed with capital's Paltan Police Station on September 24.