Dhaka, March 19 -- A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered former ministers Hasanul Haq Inu, Rashed Khan Menon, Anisul Huq, Dipu Moni, and ex-MP Sadek Khan to be placed on remand for varying periods in connection with cases related to the July uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza passed the order after the accused were produced before the court with pleas for remand.

Inu, Menon, Dipu Moni were placed on a 4-day remand each in a case over the killing of one Obaidul Islam in Dhaka's Jatrabari during the last year's July uprising.

According to the case statement, on August 4 last year activists of Awami League and its associate bodies opened fire on a procession near Kazla Petrol Pump in Jatrabari, leaving Obaidul dead.

His famil...