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A court in Dhaka on Tuesday sent former secretary of Election Commission (EC) Helal Uddin Ahmed to jail in a case lodged over the killing of BNP activist Mokbul.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque passed the order as police produced the accused before the court after the end of his four-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind bars till the completion of the probe.
The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter on October 25 remanded him in the case.
A team of the Kotwali Police Station arrested Helal Uddin Ahmed from the Khulshi area of Chattogram city on October 23.
According to the case documents, BNP leaders and activists as part of their party programme on December 10, 2022, began to gather in the capital.
Marking the programme, police and AL men created a ruckus in front of the BNP headquarters in Naya Paltan on December 7. They entered the BNP office, charged batons and opened fire at the BNP men, injuring Mokbul critically.
Later, Mokbul died from his injuries at the hospital. The case was filed on September 30, 2024, against 256 including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.