Khasru shown arrested in police constable murder case

BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has been shown arrested in a case filed with the Paltan Police Station.

BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has been shown arrested in a case filed with the Paltan Police Station over the killing of a police constable Amirul Islam Parvez on October 28.

Additional Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and DB chief Mohammad Harun-or-Rashid told this at a briefing held at DB Office at Minto Road in the capital on Friday noon.

He said Khasru has been shown arrested in police constable murder case. He is the number 4 accused in the case. Khasru will be produced before a court on Friday seeking a 10-day remand.

The official said detectives detained BNP leader Khasru from a house at Gulshan in the capital at around 1am on Friday.

Earlier, BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas and its joint secretary general Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal were arrested from the capital's Shajahanpur area on Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was arrested in a case filed over vandalising chief justice's residence during his party’s grand rally on October 28.

A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate later sent him to jail after rejecting his bail petition