A Dhaka court today placed former housing and public works minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury on a five-day remand in a case filed over the death of BNP activist Mokbul in Dhaka's Paltan area on December 7 of 2022.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub passed the order after police produced him before the court with a 10-day remand prayer, said a sub-inspector working in the court.

Muktadir, a former Awami League lawmaker from Brahmanbaria, was arrested from the Nakhalpara area of Dhaka last night.

On September 30 this year, Mahfuzar Rahman, a BNP activist, filed a case with Paltan Model Police Station against 256 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and 700 unnamed persons over the killing of Mokbul.

Muktadir was first elected in a by-election in 2011. He was a fourth-time MP from Awami League.