Dhaka, Aug. 25 -- A court today placed content creator Tawhid Afridi on a 5-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of Asadul Haque Babu in the city's Jatrabari area during the July mass uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana Haque passed the order as police produced Afridi before the court and investigation officer of CID inspector Khan Md Erfan pleaded to place him on a seven-day remand, reports BSS.

A team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police on August 24 arrested Tawhid Afridi from Barishal.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Zia Uddin on August 18 had placed Afridi's father Md Nasir Uddin Sathi, chairman of private TV Channel My TV, on a five-day remand in the same case.

According to the...