A Dhak court on Tuesday (Nov 12) sent former minister and Awami League advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu to jail in trader Abdul Wadud murder case.
 
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order as police produced Amu before the court after the end of his six-day remand.

The plaintiff lawyer pleaded to keep him behind bars until the probe was completed while Amu's lawyer argued for his bail.
 
After hearing both sides, the court sent Amu to jail.
 
Earlier on Novemebr 7, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza placed the former minister on six-day remand in the murder case.
 
Abdul Wadud was killed in the city's New Market area on July 19 this year during the anti-discrimination student movement.
 
Wadud's relative Abdur Rahman filed the case on August 21 against 130 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader, Amir Hossain Amu and others. 

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