Published : 08 Dec 2025, 10:23 PM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 02:51 PM
A Dhaka court has granted police three days to grill Nazrul Islam Mazumder, the chairman of NASSA Group, in connection with a murder case linked to the July Uprising.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah issued the remand order after hearing a plea filed by the investigation officer of the case on Monday.
During the hearing, Nazrul told the court that he was sick, adding: “I might have a heart attack during remand.”
Gulshan Police Station Sub-Inspector Rezaul Karim had sought a 10-day remand for Nazrul in an application filed on Nov 7 over the murder of Kamal Hossain Sabuj during the July Uprising.
The court had fixed Dec 8 to hear the plea in the presence of the suspect. Prosecutor Mohammad Shamsuddoha Sumon argued in favour of placing Nazrul on remand, telling the court that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina had not “become a fascist overnight”, but over “17 years” with support, including financial backing, from people like Nazrul.
“The protesters [of the July Uprising] wanted their right to vote. They had to give their lives for that. Sabuj was one of them. I request a 10-day remand for Nazrul,” he said.
Defence lawyer Sadekur Rahman Tomal sought bail for his client and asked the court to reject the remand application. He said Nazrul had been abroad during the July Uprising and was not named in the first investigation report (FIR).
“He has been accused of providing financial support, but it has not been specified how. He is elderly and unwell. If questioning is needed, please conduct it at the jail gate,” Sadek told the court.
Nazrul then asked to address the bench himself.
“I am a heart disease patient. I fell sick in Kashimpur Jail last week. Blocks have been found in my heart,” he said.
“My right bundle is completely blocked. In this condition, if I am remanded again, I will fall sick.”
He said he had been in jail for 15 months and had already been remanded in several cases. Two corruption cases had allowed questioning at the jail gate, he added.
“I have an Honours and a Master’s degree in English. Please remand me at the jail gate if necessary. I have no objection,” he said.
The court subsequently granted police three days to question him.
The case alleges that Sabuj was shot around 12:30pm on Jul 19 during last year’s student-led mass uprising and later died. Police filed a murder case on Jul 7 against 100–150 Awami League leaders and activists.
