Dhaka: A court here today sent to jail former Housing and Public Works Minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury in a case lodged over the murder of BNP activist Mokbul. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Zaiadur Rahman passed the order as police produced him before the court after the end of his five-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind the bars till the completion of the probe. According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, earlier on November 1, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera placed Chowdhury on five-day remand in the case. A team of the detective branch (DB) of police arrested Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury from the city's Mirpur area early on that day. 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. Marking the programme, police and AL men created a ruckus in front of the BNP headquarters in Naya Paltan on December 7. They entered the BNP office, charged batons, and opened fire at th e BNP men, injuring Mokbul critically. Mokbul later died from his injuries at the hospital. The case was filed on September 30, 2024, against 256 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
