Salam Murshedy sent to jail
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuddin Hossain passed the order as police produced Murshedy before the court after end of his two-day remand
A Dhaka court today (4 October) sent former Khulna-4 lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy to jail in a case lodged over the killing of garment worker Rubel during the recent student movement.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuddin Hossain passed the order as police produced Murshedy before the court after end of his two-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind the bars till the end of probe.
The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Akteruzzaman on 2 October placed Murshedy, also the former senior vice-president of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), on two-day remand in the case.
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Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained Abdus Salam Murshedy from the city's Bashundhara residential area on 1 October.
Garment worker Rubel joined anti-discrimination student movement in Adabor Ring Road area on 5 August. He got shot on his chest and abdomen on that day and succumbed to his injuries two days later.
Rubel's father Rafikul Islam filed the case on 22 August against 156 people, including Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader and Sakib Al Hasan.
