A Rajshahi court has placed eight accused on a fresh one-day remand in connection with Rajshahi University teacher AKM Shafiul Islam Lilon murder case.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Judge Sharmin Akhter passed the order after the police produced them before the court with a seven-day remand plea on Monday, said Motihar police station Officer-in-Charge Alamgir Hossain.
On November 15, armed assailants hacked Shafiul to death in the Chouddopai area in Rajshahi city.
After the murder, a militant group, Ansar al-Islam 2 claimed the responsibility in a facebook page.
Police so far arrested 11 Jamaat-e-Islami activists in connection with the murder.
