4 ex-ministers among 10 shown arrested in fresh cases

A Dhaka court granted applications to show 10 people including Salman F Rahman, Anisul Huq and Zunaid Ahmed Palak arrested in fresh cases filed over crimes committed during the student-led July-August mass-uprising.

The other people, who were shown arrested are former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Haque Inu, Desh TV managing director Arif Hasan, journalist couple Farjana Rupa and Shakil Ahmed and assistant commissioner (AC) of police Iftekhar Mahmud.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman passed the orders on Monday (January 27) as police produced the accused before the court and pleaded to show them arrested in the cases.
 
Of the 10, former law minister Anisul Huq was shown arrested in three cases lodged with the Jatrabari Police Station and one with the Sutrapur Police Station. Salman F Rahman, former private industry affairs adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was shown arrested in two Jatrabari cases, Palak was also shown arrested in a case filed with the Jatrabari Police Station.
 
Former IGP Mamun was shown arrested in three cases and Nazrul was shown arrested in one case filed with the Jatrabari Police Station. Menon, Inu, Rupa and Shakil were shown arrested in three separate cases filed with the Mirpur Model Police Station. Arif Hasan was shown arrested in a case filed with the Kotwali Police Station, while Iftekhar Mahmud was shown arrested in a Kafrul case.