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DHAKA, Dec 25, 2024 (BSS) - Ex-principal secretary to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and former National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Nazibur Rahman was sent to jail after end of his three-day remand in connection with killing of BNP activist Makbul in 2022.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saifuzzaman passed the order today after police, following the remand, produced Nazibur before the court appealing to keep him in jail until the investigation is over.

A Dhaka court on December 18, granted him a three-day remand in the case after the hearing.

Police arrested Nazibur Rahman from the capital's Ramna area on October 6.

According to the case documents, BNP leaders and activists as part of their party program on December 10, 2022, began to gather in the capital.

Police and AL men later created ruckus in front of the BNP headquarters in Naya Paltan on December 7. They entered the BNP office and charged batons and opened fire at the BNP men, injuring Mokbul critically.

In this incident, an individual named Mahfuzur Rahman filed a case against 256 people including Sheikh Hasina with Paltan Police Station on September 30.