BSS-41 Former MP Awal sent to jail after 2-day remand

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Former MP Awal sent to jail after 2-day remand

DHAKA, Jun 5, 2021,(BSS)- A Dhaka court today send MA Awal, former MP from Laxmipur-1 constituency and chairman of the Islamic Democratic Party, to jail in a case lodged over extortion with the Pallabi police station in the capital.

As he was produced before the court today after a two-day remand, the investigating officer of the case requested to keep him in jail till the end of the investigation.

Following the application, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debabrata Biswas passed the order.

On June 2, Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque granted him a two-day remand after hearing the case lodged against him by Major Mostafa Kamal (retd), on charges of extortion of Tk 20 lakh.

Earlier on May 20, RAB arrested MA Awal, the main accused in the Shahin Uddin murder case, from Bhairab in Kishoreganj.

Shahin Uddin was hacked to death in a garage in the D-block of Pallabi police station on the afternoon of May 16 while talking about resolving a land dispute.

A murder case was filed at Pallabi Police Station the day after the incident (May 16) following allegations by the victim’s mother, Aklima Begum, in broad daylight.

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