The CID (Criminal Investigation Department) has applied for a 7-day remand for questioning of content creator Tawhid Afridi, son of private TV channel My TV chairman Nasir Uddin Sathi, in the murder case of Asadul Haque Babu filed under Jatrabari Police Station in the capital, which is centred on the anti-discrimination movement.
On Monday (August 25), the investigation officer of the case, CID Police Inspector Khan Md. Erfan, filed a petition seeking remand. A hearing on the matter will be held at the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka.

A CID team arrested Tawhid Afridi from Barishal on Sunday night. Earlier, Afridi’s father Nasir was arrested from the capital’s Gulshan on August 17. The next day, the court granted him a five-day remand in the case.

According to the case, Md. Asadul Haque Babu took part in a protest on August 5 last year on Paka Road under Jatrabari Police Station during the anti-discrimination movement. Around 2:30 pm on the day of the incident, he was shot in the chest and right side by the accused. He was later taken to the hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

Following the incident, Asadul’s father, Zainal Abedin, filed a murder case at Jatrabari Police Station on August 30 last year. Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 25 others have been named as accused in the case. Among them, Nasir Uddin is listed as accused no. 22 and his son Tawhid Afridi as accused no. 11 in the FIR.