A court on Tuesday placed two policemen on a four-day remand over the killing of Abu Sayeed, who was murdered during the anti-discrimination student movement on July 16.
The accused policemen are assistant sub-inspector Md Amir Hossain and constable Sujan Chandra Roy, reports BSS.
Asaduzzaman, judge of the Rangpur Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court, granted the four-day remand as the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) produced them before the court seeking five-day remand each for proper investigation.
On Monday, a team of the metropolitan police arrested them and later handed over them to PBI.
On 16 July, Abu Sayed, a student of the English Department at Begum Rokeya University, was shot dead by police during a clash between students and police on the campus.
On August 18, Ramzan Ali, elder brother of Abu Sayeed, filed a murder case with the court of Rangpur Additional Metropolitan Magistrate against 16 identified and 30-35 unidentified people.
Of the two policemen, Amir was posted at Tajhat Police Station while Sujan was posted at Rangpur Metropolitan Police Lines.
On August 3, the policemen were suspended for their alleged involvement in the killing of Sayeed.
