A court here today showed former food minister Advocate Qamrul Islam, former mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Atiqul Islam and former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Mojumder arrested in separate cases lodged over killings that took place during the anti-discrimination student movement.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiak passed the orders as police produced the trio before the court and pleaded to show them arrested in the cases. After that, the court sent them back to jail.
Of the three, Qamrul and Kamal were shown arrested in the case filed with the Kafrul Police Station over the killing of Torikul Islam Rubel while Atiqul and Qamrul were shown arrested in a case lodged with Badda Police Station over the murder of Sajib Hawlader.
Atiqul Islam was arrested from the city's Mohakhali DOHS area on October 16 last year while Advocate Qamrul Islam was detained from Uttara Sector 12 area on November 18, 2024. Kamal Ahmed Mojumder was arrested from the capital's Gulshan area on November 19, 2024.
Source: BSS
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