Salman, Palak on 4-day remand in murder attempt case

A court today (14 January) placed Salman F Rahman, former private industry affairs adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak on a four-day remand each in connection with a case filed for the attempted murder of Dhaka College student Md Shamim during the student movement.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Imran Ahammed passed the order as police produced the two accused before the court today and pleaded to place them on a seven-day remand each in the case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Imran Ahammed passed the order as police produced the two accused before the court today and pleaded to place them on a seven-day remand each in the case. Photo: Focus Bangla

According to the case documents, students of Dhaka College brought out a peaceful rally in support of the anti-discrimination student movement in front of their college on 16 July. Cadres of Awami League and its front organisations attacked the rally, firing indiscriminately at the students. Md Shamim received shrapnel injuries on his face in the attack.
 
He later filed the case with the New Market Police Station on 28 November.
 
Salman F Rahman, one of the stalwarts of the former autocratic government of Sheikh Hasina, was arrested from the capital's Sadarghat area on 13 August as he was trying to flee the capital along with former law minister Anisul Huq through the waterways. Palak was arrested from the capital's Nikunja area the next day.