A Dhaka court has granted a seven-day remand for former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia, in a case filed in connection with the custodial death of Nuruzzaman Jony, former general secretary of the Khilgaon Thana Chhatra Dal.
The case accuses Mia of torturing Jony to death while he was in police custody.
On Thursday, Asaduzzaman Mia was presented before the court by the investigating officer, Khilgaon police station Sub-Inspector Golap Mahmud, who sought a 10-day remand.
After hearing arguments from both the prosecution and the defense, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saiful Islam granted a seven-day remand.
Mia was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on the night of September 11 in the Mohakhali flyover area of Dhaka.
The case dates back to January 20, 2015, when Jony was killed in a reported "gunfight" while in police custody in Khilgaon.
On September 2, 2024, nearly nine years after the incident, Jony's father, Yakub Ali, filed a case with Khilgaon Police Station.
The case names 13 police officers, former MP Saber Hossain Chowdhury, and 49 Awami League members as defendants.
According to the case file, Jony and his classmate Moin were detained on January 19, 2015, by officers posing as members of the Detective Branch (DB) after visiting Jony's younger brother at Dhaka Central Jail.
Jony's family searched for him at various police stations, but his whereabouts remained unknown for two days.
In the early hours of January 20, residents near Khilgaon's Jorapukur playground reported hearing cries of distress and gunshots.
Later that morning, police informed the residents that Jony had been killed in a gunfight with the police. His body was later found at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, bearing 16 gunshot wounds.
The case has sparked renewed public interest, as the court proceedings begin to unfold nearly a decade after the alleged incident.
