The state on Monday admitted to the High Court that it was wrong to tie a rope around the waist of 17-year-old student Hasanatul Islam Faiaz, arrested during the quota reform movement.
Additional Attorney General Sheikh Md Morshed said this on behalf of the state.
The hearing on this matter was scheduled to be held at 1:30pm.
Lawyer Shahdeen Malik earlier in the day filed a writ petition in the High Court challenging the decision to take Faiaz on remand, tying him up with a rope and loading him into a police van violating the law.
Faiaz was made the 16th accused out of 17 in the murder of a policeman near Matuail Hospital during the recent quota reform movement.
On Saturday, Faiaz was produced in a lower court in the capital and placed on seven days' remand in the case.
On Sunday, a court cancelled the remand order for Faiaz.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court judge Tahmina Haque passed the order following an appeal.
The case statement says Faiaz is 19 years old.
However, according to his birth registration, Faiaz is a little over 17, as he was born on April 19, 2007.
