Ex-SCBA secretary Mehedi sent to jail in murder case
Court Correspondent
A court here today sent to jail Momtaz Uddin Ahmed Mehedi, former secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), in a case lodged over murder of bus driver Alamgir Hossain during the student-led mass uprising.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque passed the order as police produced Mehedi before the court and pleaded to place him on seven-day remand in the case.
As the case documents are yet to be reached the court, it sent the accused to the jail, adjourning the remand hearing.
Mehedi was arrested from his Uttara Sector 9 house on November 10.
Alamgir Hossain, 34, a driver of Raida Paribahan, was gunned down in Uttara Azampur area on August 5. His mother Aleya Begum filed the case on October 6, against 288 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
