Anisul, Salman F Rahman sent to jail in Omar killing case

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Published On: 25 Jul 2025, 19:01 Updated On:25 Jul 2025, 19:05
Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq. Photo : Collage

DHAKA, July 25, 2025 (BSS) -A court here today sent to jail former law minister Anisul Huq and ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's former adviser Salman F Rahman in a case lodged over the murder of one Sajedur Rahman Omar during July mass uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order as police produced the duo before the court after end of their two-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep them behind bars till the end of probe.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Alam on July 23 placed Anisul and Salman on a two-day remand in the case.

According to the case documents, Sajedur Rahman Omar joined anti-discrimination movement rally under Kajla Bridge in Jatrabari area on July 21, 2024.He got shot on his head in the afternoon and died of his injuries the next day.

The case was filed with the Jatrabari Police Station on January 3, 2025, against 79 people, including Sheikh Hasina.

Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq were arrested from the capital's Sadarghat area as they were trying to flee the capital through the waterways on August 13, 2024.

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