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Published : 30 Mar 2026, 12:57 PM
A Dhaka court has granted police six days to interrogate retired former director of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) Md Afzal Naser in connection with a murder during the July Uprising.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Hasib Ullah Pias passed the order following a hearing on Monday, confirmed Dhaka Metropolitan Public Prosecutor Omar Faruq Faruqi.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch (DB) arrested Afzal in his Mirpur DOHS residence in Dhaka early in the morning.
The investigating officer of the murder case, DB Sub-Inspector Kafil Uddin, produced him in court requesting seven days to question him in custody.
Public Prosecutor Faruqi presented arguments in favour of the remand, while defence counsel Helal Uddin moved a petition seeking bail and the cancellation of the remand plea.
Officials involved in the investigation of the Detective Police say Afzal was arrested based on information provided by former Army officer retired lieutenant general Masud Uddin Chowdhury and former director general of the DGFI retired lieutenant general Mamun Khaled.
A man named Delwar Hossain was killed in Mirpur during the 2024 July Uprising.
Mamun was ordered in DB custody for questioning for five days in that case.
According to the plea, on Jul 19, 2024, between 500 and 700 Awami League activists allegedly attacked a student-led protest at Mirpur-10 roundabout using crude weapons.
Acting on Mamun’s orders, gunfire was opened indiscriminately on protesters, it added.
The petition said Delwar was critically injured in the shooting and died on Jul 21 at a private hospital in Shyamoli.
The investigator told the court that “sufficient evidence” had been found indicating Mamun’s involvement.
Interrogation is needed to uncover the full sequence of events, arrest other named suspects, identify unknown suspects, and recover weapons used in the attack, he added.
A case was filed over the death and Mamun was arrested in connection with the case on Mar 25.
Masud, a key figure during the 2007-2008 army-controlled caretaker government, was arrested on the night of Mar 23 from his Baridhara DOHS residence.
Initially placed on a five-day remand in a case filed at Paltan Police Station, a Dhaka court granted police a further six days to interrogate him on Sunday.
The prosecution filed a petition with the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday to formally show both Masud and Mamun arrested in two separate cases involving crimes against humanity.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has moved to show the retired three-star general arrested in a corruption case and has initiated a probe into his wealth and assets.
Afzal hails from Noakhali’s Senbagh Upazila.
He joined the Army on Jul 4, 1984, and served as director at the DGFI from March 2006 to March 2008.
Many Bangladeshi politicians and businessmen, including then BNP chief Khaleda Zia and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina, were arrested on corruption charges under the caretaker government’s rule.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was also arrested at the time.
There are allegations that he was physically and mentally tortured while in custody.
Alongside Tarique, BNP Vice-Chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo, former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar, and businessman Mosaddek Ali Falu were also allegedly tortured in custody.
