DHAKA, Sept 10, 2026 (BSS) – A court here today placed two persons on five-day remand each in a case filed over the killing of Sub-Inspector (SI) Altaf Hossain of the police’s Special Branch (SB) in Savar.

The two remanded accused are Kashem Ali and Dodi Al Fayej.

Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Ayesha Siddiqa passed the order as police produced the duo before the court and pleaded to place them on a 10-day remand each. The same court on September 7 placed prime accused Jahurul on a five-day remand.

According to the case documents, at around 7.30 pm on September 5, an altercation broke out between an autorickshaw driver and local residents over parking the rickshaw in front of Abul Kalam Azad’s auto garage in Bordeshi Paschimpara area of Savar.

At that time, police personnel Md Altaf Hossain, who was in the area while on leave, stepped forward to stop the argument and control the situation, but came under attack by the accused.

Later, to save his life, he took shelter at ‘Grand Fashion’, a business establishment owned by his son, located nearby. At around 8pm, the accused, armed with various locally-made weapons, launched a sudden attack on the shop.

The attackers brutally beat Altaf Hossain with rods, hammers and sticks, leaving him bloodied and bruised. When his son Ariful Islam came forward to rescue his father, the attackers also hacked him with sharp weapons, leaving him critically injured.

Later, local residents rescued them in critical condition and took them to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, where the attending physicians declared Altaf Hossain dead. His son Ariful Islam was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition.

Altaf’s widow Sheuli Pervin filed the case with Savar Police Station.