A court on Tuesday placed key members of the autocratic Awami League government – Salman F Rahman, Dipu Moni and Zunaid Ahmed Palak – as well as its political allies Rashed Khan Menon and Jatiya Hasanul Haq Inu on remand for different terms in various cases.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza passed the orders, at first placing Dipu Moni and Palak on seven-day remand each in a case filed with Jatrabari Police Station over the killing of Sakib Hasan during the July-August anti-discrimination student movement.

The court then placed Dipu Moni, Palak, Menon, and Inu on seven-day remand each in another case lodged with Jatrabari Police Station over the killing of Emon Hossain Gazi.

Salman F Rahman and Zunaid Ahmed Palak were placed on five-day remand each in another case filed with Jatrabari Police Station over the killing of Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 14. Zunaid Ahmed Palak was also placed on another five-day remand in a case filed with New Market Police Station over an alleged attempt to murder Mazedul.

Former deputy commissioner of the detective branch (DB) of police Moshiur Rahman was placed on a four-day remand in a case lodged with Jatrabari Police Station over the murder of Rafikul Islam.

Salman F Rahman was an adviser to ousted authoritarian prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Dipu Moni was the social welfare minister in the same corrupt cabinet, Palak was the ICT state minister in the administration while Menon is Workers Party President and Inu is Samajtantrik Dal (JCD) President.