A court in Dhaka on Saturday (May 17) ordered to send former lawmaker from Manikganj and eminent singer Momtaz Begum to jail after ending her four-day remand in a murder case. Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Minhajul Islam gave the order as IO of the case Monirul Islam produced Momtaz before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court and prayed for confining her into the jail till end of the investigation. Lawyers of the former parliament member prayed for her bail, but the metropolitan magistrate rejected the prayer and asked to send her to jail, local media reported.
Detectives arrested Momtaz from city’s Dhanmondi area on May 12. Court put her on a four-day remand in connection with Sagor murder case under Mirpur Model thana.
Sagar, a boy was shot dead near Mirpur intersection on Jul 29 when he joined a procession during anti-discrimination students’ movement. His mother, Beauty Akhter filed the murder case with Mirpur Model thana on Nov 27 accusing Momtaz Begum among 242 others including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina as the prime accused.
