Mymensingh, July 12, 2015: A court in Mymensingh
on Sunday placed eight persons, including Zakat donor Mohammad Shamim, his son
and six others, on a three-day remand in connection with the 10 July stampede
case.
Judge Ahsan Habib of Cognisance Court-1
passed the order after hearing the remand prayer filed yesterday.
Musiur Rahman, sub-inspector of
Mymensingh Kotwali Police Station and also investigation officer of the case,
produced the eight accused before the court yesterday and sought a seven-day
remand for each of them.
Twenty three women and four children
were killed in the stampede in the town on Friday. The incident took place when
over a thousand had gathered near the house of Mohammad Shamim, a local
businessman of chewing tobacco, to collect zakat.
Religious Affairs Minister Principal
Motiur Rahman visited the spot today.
Meanwhile, different socio-cultural and
political organisations have protested the incident demanding exemplary
punishment for the culprits. (Source: BSS)
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