Five of the six accused held in mango trader Mosharraf Hossain murder case were remanded yesterday.
Chief judicial magistrate Liakat Ali granted three days remand for BNP activists Rafiqul Islam, Alam Hossain, Masud Rana and two days for Mamunur Rashid and Mamun Hossain, sub-inspector Jalal Uddin of Natore PS, also investigation officer of the case, said.
Police on Monday noon arrested another BNP activist from Tebaria Paulpara area in connection with the case. Arrestee Amir Hossain Don, 22, is son of late Dulal Pramanik of the same area.
Sub-inspector Jalal Uddin said the case has already been turned into a murder case.
Police sought five days' remand for Don in the same court yesterday, said the additional superintendent of police.
Earlier, the aforesaid five remanded BNP activists were arrested on Thursday for their alleged involvement in killing of Mosharraf.
Mango trader Mosharraf and two others were injured when a gang of 6-7 set fire to a mango-laden truck on Natore-Dhaka highway at the district headquarters around 11:30pm Wednesday, the first day of the 48-hour shutdown called by BNP and its allies.
Mosharraf succumbed to burnt injury the next day at burn and plastic surgery unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital at about 1:30am.
Mosharraf, son of Ayub Ali of Goshal Shikdarkandi village under Jajira upazila in Shariatpur, used to do business in Natore and lived in Hazaribagh area with his family members.
Source : The Daily Star
