Dhaka, July 28 -- A Dhaka court has granted a seven-day remand for Abdur Razzak Riad, acting convener of the Combined Private University unit of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, along with three others, in a case filed over alleged extortion from former Member of Parliament Shammi Ahmed.
The other accused placed on the remand are Sakadaun Siam, Sadman Sadab, and Md Ibrahim Hossain.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman passed the remand order on Sunday after a hearing. Earlier, the investigation officer, Mokhlesur Rahman, Inspector (Investigation) of Gulshan Police Station, had sought a 10-day remand for each of the accused.
The defence petitioned for bail, but the court rejected the plea and granted the s...