A Sylhet court today placed former additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) Sadeq Kawsar Dastagir on a five-day remand in connection with the killing of journalist ATM Turab during the anti-discrimination student movement.

Sylhet Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abdul Momen ordered the remand while Dastagir was produced before the court.

Advocate Abdur Rob, lawyer for the plaintiff, said a seven-day remand had been sought and the court granted five days.

A team of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested Dastagir from Sherpur district yesterday.

Another accused in the case, Constable Ujjal, was arrested in Dhaka on November 17 and is currently in jail following a five-day remand.

The murder case was filed by the deceased's brother Abul Hasan Md Azraf on August 19.

The case named 18 individuals, including former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and several high-ranking police officials, along with 200 to 250 unnamed individuals.