Nazibur, Aminul sent to jail

A Dhaka court has sent ex-principal secretary to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Nazibur Rahman and former home secretary Md Aminul Islam Khan to jail in a case lodged over the murder of Juba Dal leader Shamim.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order on Thursday as police produced Nazibur, also the former chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR), and Aminul before the court after end of their three-day remand in the case.

The court of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque on October 7 placed Nazibur Rahman and Md Aminul Islam Khan on three-day remand each.

Detective branch (DB) of police arrested Nazibur Rahman from capital’s Ramna area, and Aminul from the capital’s Banani area on October 6.

According to the case documents, BNP called a grand rally on October 28, 2023. To foil this program, Awami League too called its own grand rally in the capital. At one stage, Awami League goons, with the help of police, attacked BNP's rally in Naya Paltan, killing Shamim on the spot.

The case was filed with capital's Paltan Police Station on September 24, 2024.