A Dhaka court yesterday placed Jahanara Begum, operator of a mess who was arrested with 21 dead chickens on Saturday, on one-day remand.

Sutrapur police produced Jahanara before the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dhaka seeking remand for three days.

The investigation officer of the case told the court the woman was running illegal and unhygienic business as she used to feed her customers dead chickens. She should be interrogated to know from where she had collected the dead birds, he added.

Police on March 28 arrested a man in Mirpur with 53 dead chickens, which he was going to supply to local restaurants.