A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Saturday placed former Feni-3 lawmaker and retired lieutenant general Masud Uddin Chowdhury on a three-day fresh remand in a case filed with Paltan police station over allegations of human trafficking and embezzlement.

Metropolitan magistrate Didarul Alam passed the order in response to a plea filed by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch, which sought a four-day remand to interrogate the former army officer in custody.

The detectives produced Masud before the court during the hearing.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Detective Branch chief Md Shafiqul Islam said that Masud had been taken into custody three times for the sake of proper investigation.

On March 29, Masud was placed on a six-day remand in police custody.

Earlier, on March 24, the court of Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Aminul Islam Zunayed had placed Masud on a five-day remand for the first time in the case.

Masud, known as one of the key actors of the 1/11 political changeover, was arrested by a team of the Detective Branch at Baridhara DOHS in Dhaka on March 23.

On September 3, 2024, Afia Overseas proprietor Altab Khan filed the case with Paltan police station in the capital.