A Dhaka court on Friday sent to jail Salman F Rahman, the former adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, after end of his remand in a case filed over the killing of one Al-Amin during the July-August mass uprising, reports BSS.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order as investigation officer (IO) and detective branch (DB) sub-inspector Zahidul Islam pleaded to keep him behind the bars until end of probe in the case.
The IO further said vital information has been found from the remand of the former private industry affairs adviser of the ousted prime minister and those will be scrutinised for the sake of proper investigation and justice.
Salman F Rahman was arrested from the capital's Sadarghat area as he attempted to flee the city along with former law minister Anisul Huq via the waterways on August 13, 2024.
Meanwhile, a Dhaka court on Friday also sent former law minister Anisul Huq to jail after end of his two-day remand in a case lodged under The Arms Act with the city's Banani Police Station.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Hasibuzzaman passed the order as police produced him before the court after the end of his remand and pleaded to keep him behind bars till the end of probe in the case.
Earlier on July 7 last, the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Minahajul Islam had placed Anisul on the two-day remand.
According to the case documents, the government, through a circular issued on August 25, 2024, had suspended the arms licenses granted between January 6, 2009 and August 5, 2024 and instructed the licensed arms holders to deposit their firearms and ammunition at the nearest police station by September 3, 2024. If any arms and ammunition are not deposited within the stipulated time, those will be treated as illegal, and cases will be filed accordingly.
Police filed the case against Anisul Huq on May 24, 2025, as there was no information on whether the former law minister had surrendered his licensed weapon in line with the August 25, 2024 circular and none was found in the address given on the arms license.
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