Remand extended for Bangladesh blogger’s murder suspects

The remand of two suspected killers of secular Bangladeshi blogger Niloy Chakrabarty Neel has been extended by four days by a court here after police sought more time to interrogate the members of an <g data-gr-id="13">Al-Qaeda linked</g> Islamist militant group.

Kawsar Hossain Khan and Kamal Hossain were presented before Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Thursday after their five-day remand ended. The two were arrested on August 27. The case’s investigating officer, Detective Branch Inspector Mahmudur Rahman, had sought custody of the duo for another seven days.

But Magistrate Lutfor Rahman Shishir granted four days to question them, bdnews24 reported.