A Dhaka court yesterday placed Jubo League leader Md Moniruzzaman Chowdhury on a five-day remand in a case field over the murder of 12 people.
A two-storey house in the capital’s Rampura Boubazar area, owned by Moniruzzaman collapsed around 3pm on April 15 killing at least 12 people including four members of a family.
Rampura police station Sub-Inspector Abdur Rashid lodged a murder case against him on April 16 in this connection. The leader of the Malibagh unit (south) Jubo League had been on run since then.
According to the case statement, around 100 low-income people used to live in the house built with tin and bamboos erected on a muddy bed of a water body filled with water-hyacinths in Hajipara.
Rampura police station Sub-Inspector Md Julhas Miah, also the investigative officer of the case, produced Moniruzzaman before the court yesterday with a prayer for a 10-day remand for interrogation.
After a hearing, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain Tipu granted five-day remand to Moniruzzaman rejecting his bail plea.
The accused was arrested from a house in Tiprabazar area of Comilla on Monday.
“Moniruzzaman had built the house on illegally occupied land,” said RAB 3 Commanding Officer Lt Col Golam Sarwar.
However, Moniruzzaman claimed that he had not occupied the land illegally and submitted legal documents to Rampura police.
The RAB officer said Moniruzzaman was accused in several cases including three filed for murder, two arms haul cases and other cases over extortion.