Ex-DGFI director Afzal Naser granted fresh 4-day remand in Makbul murder case

A Dhaka court
today (8 April) placed former director of the DGFI sacked Lieutenant Colonel Md
Afzal Naser on a four-day remand in a case lodged over the killing of BNP
activist Makbul in 2022.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
Md Sefatullah passed the order as police produced Naser before the court after
the end of his three-day remand in the case and pleaded to place him on a
seven-day fresh remand.
Defence counsel Helal Uddin sought cancellation
of the remand and bail, while Public Prosecutor Omar Faruq Faruqi opposed it,
arguing the accused had been an ally and beneficiary of the previous regime and
had not provided accurate information during the earlier remand.
According to the remand
petition, evidence suggests his involvement, necessitating further custodial
interrogation.
The defence argued there were no substantiated
allegations against the accused and that further questioning could be conducted
at the jail.
After the hearing, the court granted a four-day
remand.
According to the case statement, BNP leaders and
activists as part of their party program on 10 December 2022, began to gather
in the capital.
During the programme, police and Awami League men created a ruckus in front of
the BNP headquarters in Naya Paltan on 7 December, entering the office,
charging with batons, and opening fire on BNP members, critically injuring
Makbul, the statement added.
Makbul later died from his injuries at the
hospital.
The case was filed on September 30, 2024.
Earlier, Md Afzal Naser was detained on 30 March
by a team of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) from
a house in the Mirpur DOHS area of the city
















