A Dhaka court today rejected the bail plea of ​​former Agriculture Minister Abdus Shahid and sent him to jail after completing his four-day remand in a case filed over the death of a bus driver in Dhaka during the mass riot in August 5.

Alamgir Hossain, the driver of Raida Paribahan, was shot dead on August 5 during the Student Anti-Discrimination Movement in Azampur area of ​​Uttara in Dhaka. On October 6, the victim’s mother filed a case of murder at the Uttara West police station against former prime minister Shiekh Hasina and 287 others.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Dr Imran Ahmed gave the order after investigating officer Abdul Halim, a sub-inspector of the Uttara West police station, presented him with an appeal to keep him in jail until the investigation is completed.

However, the defense applied for bail on the grounds that their client was not involved in the incident. Their client was implicated in the case as part of a conspiracy to harass him, they said.

On hearing both sides, the magistrate rejected the bail application and ordered the police to send the accused to the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.

Earlier on October 30, another court in Dhaka placed him in a four-day remand after he was brought before it with a 10-day prayer.

Shahid, a former MP from Moulvibazar-4 and also a former head of Jatiya Sangsad, was arrested from a house in Uttara sector-10 on October 29.

In September, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) decided to launch an investigation against Shahid on charges of abuse of power, involvement in various irregularities and amassing wealth through corruption.