Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Police have sought seven days in custody to question Ahmed Shahriar Reza Dip in the murder case over the death of former Bangladesh Air Force officer Tahsif Souri.

Firoz Uddin, the investigating officer and an inspector at the Turag River Police Outpost, confirmed the application.

A hearing is set for 3pm on Saturday at the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Hasib Ullah Piyas, according to Saiful Islam, a sub-inspector with the prosecution police.

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) had picked Dip up from his Mohammadpur home on Thursday night for questioning.

With no case filed in three days and talks under way on what to do with him, he was handed over to River Police on Friday night.

The victim's father K...