A Dhaka court today placed Molla Nazrul Islam, a deputy inspector general (DIG) at Bangladesh Police Academy in Rajshahi, on a five-day remand in connection with an attempted murder case.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed the order after police produced him before the court with a seven-day remand prayer in the case, said a court staffer.

On October 5 last year, Humayun Kabir filed the case with Gulshan Police Station against 35 police officials for shooting his son Fahim Hossain Jubayer, a student of Commerce College, in the city's Gulshan area on July 22 last year during the July uprising .

Molla Nazrul was arrested in Rajshashi yesterday.

He had served at the Criminal Investigation Department. After being promoted to DIG, he worked as the commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police for several months in 2022. He was then transferred to the Armed Police Battalion.

During the July-August uprising last year, Molla Nazrul was transferred to the CID. Later, he was assigned to the Sardah Police Academy.