A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Ujjal, father of the schoolboy accused in the case lodged over the murder of Ashulia teacher Utpal Kumar Sarkar, on five-day remand.
Dhaka Judicial Magistrate Sheikh Mujahidul Islam passed the order as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to place him on 10-day remand.
Police arrested Ujjal from Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia Tuesday night.
Utpal Kumar Sarker, a lecturer in the Political Science Department and chairman of the disciplinary committee at Haji Yunus Ali School and College in Ashulia, died at Savar Enam Medical College and Hospital on Monday.
Ashraful Islam Jitu, a tenth-grader who is still at large, suddenly struck him with a stump and fled away while he was at a girls’ cricket match on the side of the field.
Utpal's brother Asim Kumar Sarker filed the case with Ashulia police station in this regard.
