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DHAKA, July 11, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today 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.
Anisul Huq was arrested from the capital's Sadarghat area on August 13, 2024 as he, along with Salman F Rahman, was trying to flee the city through the riverway. He has been shown arrested and subsequently placed on different terms of remand in many cases lodged over the crimes committed during the July-August mass uprising.
