Salman F Rahman, Anisul Huq land in jail in murder case

Former Law Minister Anisul Huq and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s advisor Salman F Rahman have been sent to jail following the end of their two-day police remand in connection with the murder of Sajedur Rahman Omar during an anti-discrimination protest in Jatrabari, Dhaka.

On Friday (July 25), following the conclusion of their remand, the investigating officer, Md. Amirul Islam Mir, presented them before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan and requested their detention in jail. The court granted the plea and ordered them to be sent to prison.

Previously, on July 23, a Dhaka court had granted a two-day remand for their interrogation in the same case.

According to the case statement, on July 21, 2024, Sajedur Rahman Omar took part in an anti-discrimination protest held beneath the Kajla foot-over bridge in Jatrabari. By evening, he was shot in the head during an alleged attack by the accused. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition and died on August 24 while under treatment.

Nearly five months after the incident, on January 3, 2025, Syed Tanvir Ahmed filed a case at Jatrabari Police Station, naming 79 individuals as accused. Among them, Anisul Huq is listed as the 8th accused and Salman F Rahman as the 11th.

Earlier, on August 13, 2024, both were arrested by police near Sadarghat in Dhaka while allegedly attempting to flee the city by river, based on a tip-off. The following day, they were remanded for 10 days in connection with a separate murder case filed at New Market Police Station. Since then, they have been placed on remand multiple times in over 50 cases filed across various police stations in Dhaka.

Currently, they are facing ongoing legal proceedings in multiple cases.