Prime accused on remand

A Dinajpur court yesterday granted seven-day remand for Shafiqul Islam Babu, a prime suspect in the case for killing Pir Farhad Hossain Chowdhury and his female attendant in Bochaganj upazila of Dinajpur on March 13.

The Court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Lutfar Rahman granted the remand after the investigation officer of the case, Arzu Mohammad Sazzad Hossain, also officer in charge of Bochaganj Police Station, produced Shafiqul before the court with a prayer for 10-day remand, said Shaheed Sarwardi, court inspector of Dinajpur.

Rapid Action Battalion of Rangpur arrested Shafiqul from Joymonirhat village under Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram early Monday and he was later handed over to Dinajpur police.

Farhad Hossain Chowdhury, 65, and his attendant Rupali Begum, 19, were shot and stabbed to death inside a shrine at Doula village under Bochaganj upazila of Dinajpur on March 13 night.

Fardhat founded the shrine named Kaderia Mohammadi Khanka Sharif in 2010.

Pir Isaq Ali was the mastermind of the double murder while Saidur Rahman, Shafiqul Islam and four others were involved with the killing, police said, adding that earlier arrested Isaq Ali and Saidur Rahman gave confessional statement before a magistrate's court on Friday.