Dhaka, Dec. 16 -- Police have been granted seven days to grill an alleged associate of Faisal Karim Masud, the key suspect in the attempted murder of Inqilab Moncho leader Sharif Osman bin Hadi.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibuzzaman issued the order on Tuesday in response to the police's 10-day remand petition, according to Sub-Inspector Rukunuzzaman of the prosecution police.

The suspect, identified by a single name as Kabir, was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Monday in Narayanganj's Fatullah.

Police have already secured five-day remand orders for three others linked to the case -- Faisal's wife Saheda Parvin Samia, his brother-in-law Wahid Ahmed Shipu and his girlfriend Maria Akhtar Lima.

A separate three-day r...