Dhaka, April 16 -- Former shipping minister Shajahan Khan, who has been behind bars for the last seven months since the fall of the Awami League government, says he is "doing well" and spent Eid in "good spirits".

The Awami League Presidium member made the remarks to reporters while being taken from the holding cell at Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court to the courtroom for a hearing on Wednesday.

"I'm fine," he said with a smile.

When asked how he spent Eid, Shajahan said: "It went pretty well. I'm safe from criminals. I'm keeping well."

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Minhazur Rahman authorised Shajahan's arrest in three more cases filed with the Jatrabari Police Station linked to last year's Anti-discrimination Student Mov...