Dhaka, Oct. 6 -- Former Awami League minister Dipu Moni has lashed out in court, accusing authorities of depriving detained opposition leaders of medical treatment as she pointed to the recent death of her former cabinet colleague Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun.

"Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun died due to lack of medical treatment," she told the judge. "Do we have to die to prove that we are unwell?"

Her remarks came on Monday during a remand hearing at the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, where police sought to interrogate her and former Awami League MP Solaiman Salim in separate murder cases linked to the July Uprising.

Investigators from Shahbagh Police Station requested a 10-day remand for Dipu Moni in the murder case of Mohammad Mon...