A Dhaka court today placed MA Matin on a five-day remand in connection with the killing of the Italian national Cesare Tavella.

Matin is the younger brother of Dhaka city BNP joint convener and a former BNP-backed ward commissioner MA Quayum.

Metropolitan Magistrate Abdullah Al Masud passed the order after Zehad Hossain, inspector of the Detective Branch (DB) of police and the investigation officer of the case, produced Matin before him with a seven-day remand prayer.

Earlier on November 5, Matin was placed on eight-day remand.

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He was arrested by the police on November 4 at Benapole border in Jessore while he was attempting to leave the country.

Five men including Matin have been arrested so far in connection with the Tavella murder case.

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Tavella, 50, was shot dead by armed criminals in the capital's Gulshan diplomatic zone on September 28. He was working as a project manager of a Netherlands-based NGO.

The other four are: Minhajul Arefin Russell alias Bhagne Russell, Tamjid Ahmed Rubel, Sakhawat Hossain Sharif, and Russell Chowdhury.