Staff Correspondent:

A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered actor Siddiqur Rahman Siddique to be shown as arrested in a case filed over the killing of furniture worker Parvez Bepari in Gulshan.

‎Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain passed the order following a petition filed by the investigation officer of the case Sub-Inspector Samiul Islam of Gulshan Police Station.

‎According to the case statement, Parvez Bepari joined the anti-discrimination student movemen on 19 July last year in Gulshan area. He was allegedly fired by the accused.

‎He was later taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Parvez’s father, Md Sabuj, later filed the case with Gulshan Police Station.

‎Earlier, on Tuesday (29 April) afternoon, a group of men identifying themselves as members of “Jatiotabadi Chatradal” apprehended and assaulted actor Siddique while he was passing through Bailey Road in the capital.

‎They later handed him over to the police. He was initially taken to Ramna Police Station and later transferred to Gulshan Police Station.

‎On 30 April, court granted a 7-day remand for actor Siddiqur Rahman Siddique in a case filed over the attempted murder of Jabbar Ali Hawlader.