A Dhaka court on Thursday placed Ashraful Islam Jitu, the prime suspect in the murder of Ashulia teacher Utpal Kumar Sarkar, on a five-day remand.
Judge Rajib Hasan of Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court ordered the remand.
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Earlier, Ashulia police station produced Jitu in court seeking a 10-day remand, said court inspector Motiur Rahman.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday arrested Ashraful Islam Jitu, a tenth-grader of Haji Yunus Ali School and College.
RAB-1arrested him from Nagarhaola village in Sreepur of Gazipur, he said.
Jitu thrashed his teacher Utpal Kumar Sarkar with a cricket stump to impress a girl at his school, according to RAB.
Earlier on Wednesday, a Dhaka court placed Ujjal, Jitu’s father, on five-day remand.