Attack on Zafar Iqbal: Another accused on 7-day remand

A Sylhet court has granted a seven-day remand to interrogate Sohagh Mia, another accused in the case filed over the attack on eminent writer Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.

Sohagh Mia is an associate of Faizur, the prime accused in the case.

Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman Hero passed the order on Monday when police produced him before the court with a seven-day remand prayer.

Following the confessional statement of Faizur Rahman alias Faizur police arrested his friend Shohagh Mia from Kalibari residential area in the city early Monday, said Abdul Wahab Mia, additional deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police.

Zafar Iqbal came under knife attack on the campus of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on March 3. Police arrested Faizur, 25, from the spot.

Later, a court here on March 7 placed Faizur Rahman alias Faizur on a 10-day remand in the case.

According to UNB, Faizur also made confessional statement under section 164 before the court on Sunday.