A Dhaka court on Sunday sent former shipping minister Shajahan Khan to jail due to his illness before expiry of his seven-day remand in a case filed over the death of 14-year-old Abdul Motaleb in the city's Dhanmondi area on August 4.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Haider also rejected his bail petition and directed the jail authorities to provide him proper treatment as per the Jail Code after investigation officer Khokon Mia, a sub-inspector of Dhanmondi Police Station, produced him before the court.
In the forwarding report, the IO said he took Shajahan Khan in his custody for interrogation on Friday. But he fell sick during the interrogation. So, he produced the accused before the court before expiry of his seven-day remand in the case.
The IO also appealed to the court to confine Shajahan Khan in jail until his probe about the murder is completed.
The defence sought bail on grounds that their client has been suffering from different ailments, including heart disease. So his bail should be granted.
Upon hearing, the court rejected his bail and ordered to send him to Dhaka Central jail in Keraniganj.
The magistrate also directed the jail authorities to provide him better treatment in jail custody according to the Jail Code.
Earlier on Friday, Shajahan Khan was put on a seven-day remand in the case after he was produced with a 10-day remand prayer.
Shajahan, 75, also an Awami League presidium member, was arrested in Dhanmondi on September 5.
On August 26, Abdul Motin, father of Motaleb, lodged the murder case with Dhanmondi Police Station against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Shajahan, and 174 others.
