Dhaka: A Dhaka court today placed former Feni-3 lawmaker Lt Gen (Retd) Masud Uddin Chowdhury on a four-day remand in a case lodged over the killing of one Delwar Hossain during the July Mass Uprising. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Monirul Islam passed the order as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to place him on a five-day remand in the case.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, a team of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police detained Masud Uddin Chowdhury during a raid conducted in the Baridhara DOHS area of the capital on March 23. The case documents reveal that Delwar Hossain joined an anti-discrimination student movement rally on July 19, 2024, in front of a fruit market in the Mirpur-10 area. The rally was attacked by unidentified goons who fired shots indiscriminately at the protesters.
Delwar Hossain was shot and was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries on July 21. Delwar’s widow, Liza Akter, filed the case on July 6, 2025, over the incident.