A Chattogram court on Tuesday sent Abul Kashem, former chairman of Fatikchhari upazila to jail in connection with the sensational Jamal Uddin murder case.
Chattogram Additional Metropolitan Session Judge Nargis Akter sent Kashem to jail after rejecting his petition for extension of his bail when he surrendered before the court in the morning, said an assistant of the court Farid Uddin.
Kashem had been absconding for 20 years and recently returned home.
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On November 22, Abul Kashem surrendered before the High Court in the case. The court granted six weeks' bail and asked him to surrender before the lower court on completion of his bail, which was today.
On July 24, 2003, Jamal Uddin, a south district unit BNP leader was abducted by some miscreants while returning to his home in Chandgaon from Chawkbazar business establishment.
Police arrested Shahidul Islam, former chairman of Anwara Sadar union and Mahbub alias Kala Mahbub, a Shibir cadre, two years after the abduction.
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Following their confessional statement, police recovered the skeleton of the BNP leader from a hilly area in Fatikchhari upazila on August 24, 2005.