A Dhaka court on Monday placed former law minister Anisul Huq on a two-day remand in an arms case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Minhazur Rahman passed the order, said sub-inspector Moktar Hossain, Banani police station’s general registration official at the court.
According to the case statement, Anisul is the owner of a licensed pistol under his name in the Banani police jurisdiction.
The Ministry of Home Affairs suspended all firearms licenses granted for personal security from January 6, 2009, to August 5, 2024, and instructed to return the weapons by September 3, 2024.
However, he did not submit his licensed firearm to the police station or inform the police from September 4, 2024, to May 5, 2025.
No one could be found at his address and no information was received regarding the submission of the weapon.
Later, a case was filed under Section 19(1) of the Arms Act of 1878.
On August 13 last, police arrested him from the Sadarghat area of Dhaka while he was fleeing by waterways.
Later, several cases, including murder, were filed against him and he was put on remand several times.
