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A Dhaka court has ordered former chief justice and former Law Commission chairman ABM Khairul Hauque into jail pending trial in a case over the murder of a Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal activist during the July Uprising.
On Thursday night, Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah issued the order after hearing arguments from both sides.
Around 7:45pm, Khairul was brought to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court and placed in the court’s holding cell. Police requested that he be kept in jail custody.
Khairul had been arrested earlier on Thursday by the Detective Branch of police at his Dhanmondi home.
He was shown arrested in a case filed on Jul 6 this year over the fatal shooting of Jubo Dal activist Abdul Kaiyum Ahad during anti-discrimination protests last year.
Ahad died on Jul 18, 2024, after being shot during clashes in the Kajla area of Jatrabari amid the nationwide movement demanding equal rights and non-discriminatory state policy.
The murder case was filed by Ahad’s father, Alauddin, with Jatrabari Police Station. A total of 467 people were named as accused in the case, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.