A Dhaka court on Monday placed Tarique Rahman, the elder son of detained former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, in police custody for five days of interrogation in two extortion cases.
Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Sultan Mahmud issued the order after hearing two petitions filed by the Detective Branch and the Gulshan thana, seeking remand for Tarique Rahman. He was remanded for three days in DB’s and two days in Gulshan thana’s custody. The jail authorities produced Tarique, the senior joint secretary-general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, in the court amidst tight security.