Additional chief judicial magistrate Moinul Hasan Yusuf passed the order while the former lawmaker, also a retired colonel, was produced before the court this noon, our correspondent reports.
Earlier today, deputy inspector general of Rangpur Range Khandaker Golam Faruk said Abdul Quader Khan was the mastermind of the murder of Manjurul Islam Liton, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Quader Khan planned to kill Liton to become MP of Gaibandha-1 again, the DIG told reporters at a press conference at Gaibandha police superintendent’s office.
‘Quader assassinated Liton through hiring hitmen,’ Golam Faruk said.
Detectives arrested Abdul Quader Khan, former Jatiya Party MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, from his residence at Rahman Nagar Ziladarpara in Bogra town on Tuesday.
The DIG said that the former lawmaker would be produced before a Gaibandha court today seeking a 10-day remand for interrogation.
Police also kept Rana, another suspected of the gruesome murder case, under surveillance, he said, adding that Rana would be arrested any time soon.
Meanwhile, three accused — Mehdi, Shamim, and Hannan, arrested in connection with the MP Liton murder case — reportedly confessed to the killing before a Gaibandha court on Tuesday.
Liton was shot at point blank range by miscreants at his village home at Masterpara in Bamandanga union of Sundarganj upazila on December 31.
He was admitted to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital where physicians declared him dead.
Source: New Age
