Live Correspondent: A court in Dhaka has placed Iftekhar Abedin, husband of slain Ilma Chowdhury Meghla, a student of the Department of Dance of Dhaka University (DU), on a three-day remand over his wife's murder.
Banani Police Station's sub-inspector Salahuddin produced the accused Iftekhar Abedin before the court on Wednesday afternoon and sought to place him on a seven-day remand for questioning.
At that time, accused's lawyer Zillur Rahman pleaded to the court for granting bail. However, the state's counsel opposed the bail and held hearing for remand. Hearing both sides, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Asheque Imam's placed the accused on the remand.
Ilma Chowdhury Meghla & Iftekhar Abedin
Ilma died at her in-laws' house at Banani in the capital around 4:00pm on Tuesday.
Her classmates alleged that there were "many marks of injuries" on her body. However, Ilma's husband and in-laws claim that "Ilma had committed suicide".
According to family sources, Ilma was first taken to Gulshan United Hospital. There the doctor pronounced her dead. Later, her body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for autopsy.
Ilma's father Saiful Islam Chowdhury filed a murder case with Banani Police Station on Tuesday night. Her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law were made accused in the case.
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