Staff Correspondent:

A Dhaka court on Friday placed Mehraj Islam, 20, the prime accused in the case filed over the killing of Zahidul Islam Parvez, a student of Primeasia University, on a five-day remand.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub passed the order after police produced Mehraj before the court and sought a 10-day remand for interrogation.

A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13 arrested Mehraj, son of Nurul Islam Sardar of Banani’s Hajaribari area, from Gaibandha Sadar upazila on 23 April.