Ex-DMP official Shahidullah on 5-day remand in Shamim killing case

BSS
Published On: 09 Feb 2025, 20:01

DHAKA, Feb 9, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today placed former joint 
commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Md Shahidullah on a five-day 
remand in a case lodged over the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Minhazul Islam passed the order as police 
produced the accused before the court and pleaded to place him on a 10-day 
remand.

Md Shahidullah was picked up from the city's Ramna area this morning and was 
taken into custody of Detective Branch (DB) of Police. 

According to the case documents, BNP called a rally in the capital's Naya 
Paltan area on October 28, 2023. To counter the BNP rally, the then ruling 
Awami League (AL) convened a counter rally on the same day in the capital.

The AL men with the support of law enforcing agencies attacked a BNP rally 
which left Shamim Mollah killed and injured many of its leaders and 
activists.

The case was filed against 704 people including AL general secretary Obaidul 
Quader on September 24, 2024.

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