Court Correspondent

A Dhaka court today (December 11) showed eight people, including former Law Minister Anisul Huq and former Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Lt Col (retd) Muhammad Faruk Khan arrested in various cases filed with the different police stations in the capital.

The other individuals shown arrested are former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former lawmaker Barrister Shahjahan Omar, Trinamool BNP Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, former Director General (DG) of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) Major General (sacked) Ziaul Ahsan, Jatiya Party leader Golam Kibria Titu, and former Senior Secretary Mohibul Haque.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the orders as police produced the eight before the court and pleaded to show them arrested in the cases.

Of the eight, Anisul, Mamun and Ziaul Ahsan were shown arrested in the case lodged over the killing of Rabbi Matubbar in Mirpur-13 area on July 19. Anisul was also shown arrested in the case lodged over the killing of Nasir Hossain in Jatrabari area on July 23.

Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury was shown arrested in the case filed over Pervej Miah killing on August 5, while Barrister Shahjahan Omar was shown arrested in the case lodged over attempt to murder with the capital's Banani Police Station.

Golam Kibria Titu, a Jatiya Party leader, was arrested for his involvement in the murder of Al Amin in the Hatirjheel area on the same date, August 5, 2024. Muhammad Faruk Khan is being held in connection with the attack on BNP leader Mirza Abbas' supporters in 2015.

In another case, former Senior Secretary Mohibul Haque was arrested over the killing of trader Abdul Wadud in the New Market area. Finally, Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun was arrested in connection with the murder of Abdul Hannan in the Mirpur Police Staff College area on August 5, 2024.