Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- A Dhaka court has allowed police to question Ahmed Shahriar Reza Dwip for three more days in a murder case filed over the recovery of former air force officer Tahsif Souri's body.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Hasan Shahadat passed the order on Tuesday after hearing a petition by the investigating officer, prosecution representative Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam said.

Inspector Firoz Uddin of the Tongi River Police Outpost in Gazipur, the investigating officer, had sought seven more days of questioning for Dwip, citing eight reasons.

Prosecutor Muhammad Shamsuddoha Sumon argued in favour of the remand on behalf of the state, while Dwip's legal counsel, Mutasim Billah, opposed the petition and sought its rejection.

After ...