Haji Mohammad Salim, former lawmaker of Awami League (Dhaka-7) has been shown arrested in a case filed for attempting to kill a man during the July-August mass uprising. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza passed the order when Hasanur Rahman, sub-inspector of Chawkbazar Police Station and also the investigating officer of the case, produced him before the court with a prayer to show him arrested in the case. The court also took the petition into cognisance and ordered sending him to jail, said Salim’s counsel Pran Nath. BDR carnage to be reinvestigated: Home Adviser According to the case statement, Fazlur Karim, 50, was injured in an attack in front of Dhaka Alia Madrasha on a procession on August 5. Later, he was taken to a local hospital. A case was filed against 104 people including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on October 26. Detectives from Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Haji Salim from Bangshal area of Dhaka on September 1. He was put on five-day remand in the case the following day.    

A Dhaka court on Thursday acquitted Shikder Group directors Ron Haque Sikder and Dipu Haque Sikder from a case filed by Exim Bank director Lt. Col. (retd) Sirajul Islam. Sirajul Islam filed the case with Gulshan Police Station on May 12, 2020, alleging that Ron and Dipu tried to kill and harass the managing director (MD) and deputy managing director (DMD) of Exim Bank by shooting them. After a long trial of more than a year, the final report of the case was submitted to the CMM court on August 9 by the DB police. According to sources, the final report mentioned that the chemical test by the CID and the DB investigation did not find any evidence of shooting. Read: Ron Sikder freed on bail hours after arrest Although the statement of case mentioned that Ron Sikder had picked up and taken away the MD and DMD of Exim Bank from their head office in Gulshan, the police report stated that Exim Bank authorities could not provide any CCTV footage or any other evidence. Although the case statement mentioned the main contradiction over the loan application of Tk 500 crore, Exim Bank failed to show any evidence of Ron Haque Sikder’s loan application, the police report said. The final report of the police was presented in the court stating that the plaintiff and defendant had compromised saying that the case was filed due to misunderstanding of business. It is mentioned that the good relationship between both the plaintiff and the defendant is a long-lasting one and they will continue to have good relationship with each other in future, too. Both sides promised that no one of them would complain in the future about the issues mentioned in the compromise. Read: Sikder Group smelling a conspiracy When the court asked plaintiff Sirajul Islam if he had any objection to the police report and the compromise, he told the court that he had no objection. Ron Sikder was present at the court at that time. After hearing both the parties, the court acquitted Ron Sikder and Dipu Sikder from the case.