Hasnat Abdullah’s son Moin lands in jail

A Dhaka court has sent Moin Abdullah, son of former lawmaker Abul Hasnat Abdullah, to jail after the end of his five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of Juba Dal leader Shamim.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadul Haque passed the order on Thursday (October 31) as police produced Moin before the court in the case and pleaded to keep him behind the bars.

Earlier on October 26, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Moin from Gulshan-2 area of the capital. Later, he was placed on five-day remand in the case earlier on that day.

According to the case documents, BNP called a rally in the capital’s Naya Paltan area on October 28, 2023. To counter the BNP rally, the then ruling Awami League convened a rally on the same day in the capital.

The Awami League men with the support of law enforcement agencies attacked the BNP rally, which left Shamim Mollah dead and many other leaders and activists injured.

The case was filed against 704 people, including AL general secretary Obaidul Quader on September 24, 2024.