DHAKA, Dec 9, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today placed Shah Kamal, former senior secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, on a two-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of Juba Dal leader Shamim.
 
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah passed the order as police produced Shah Kamal before the court and pleaded to place him a seven-day remand in the case.
 
Shah Kamal was arrested from the capital's Mohakhali area on August 17.
 
According to the case documents, BNP called a grand rally on 28 October 2023. Awami League also called its own rally in the capital to foil this programme. At one stage, Awami League activists, with the help of police, attacked the BNP's rally in Naya Paltan, killing Shamim on the spot.

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