A Dhaka court has placed retired Appellate Division judge Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik on a two-day remand in connection with the murder of student Md Abu Jar Sheikh during the anti-discrimination student movement. 

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Monirul Islam passed the order as police produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on a seven-day remand.

Md Abu Jar Sheikh was shot in the Pragati Swarini area under Gulshan Police Station on July 19 and later died from his injuries on July 27 at Evercare Hospital. His mother filed the murder case on November 16, 2024.

Manik was arrested on August 24, 2024, from the Zakiganj border area in Sylhet while attempting to flee to India.

BDST: 1255 HRS, MAR 05, 2025
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