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DHAKA, May 11, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today sent to jail former lawmaker Advocate Shamima Akhter Khanam, showing her arrested in a case lodged over the murder of Juba Dal leader Shamim.
 
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman passed the order as police produced her before the court and pleaded to keep her behind the bars till the end of probe in the case.
 
A team of the detective branch of police arrested Shamima from the city's Dhanmandi area on May 11.
 
According to the case documents, the incident took place on October 28, 2023 when BNP called a grand rally in the capital. On the same day, the Awami League (AL) also held a counter-rally aiming to foil the BNP's programme. Later, clashes broke out in Naya Paltan, where AL activists, allegedly with the support of the police, attacked the BNP's rally, killing Juba Dal leader Shamim on the spot.
 
The case was filed with the capital's Paltan Police Station on September 24, 2024.