Dhaka, March 3 -- A court has approved the arrests of six people, including former ministers Anisul Huq and Qamrul Islam, over the killing of Atiqul Islam in Dhaka's Kafrul.

Anisul has also been implicated in a separate murder case under the jurisdiction of Mohammadpur Police Station.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Partha Bhadra approved the prosecution's request after a hearing on Monday.

Former prime minister's advisor Salman F Rahman, ex-state minister Kamal Ahmed Majumder, and two former inspectors general of police, Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun and AKM Shahidul Haque, were also shown arrested, according to Public Prosecutor Azizul Haque.

The suspects were brought to court from jail for the hearing on Monday morning. Police then suc...