Jatrabari killings: Ex-home secretary Jahangir placed on fresh 8-day remand | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Get the Paper
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Tuesday
July 22, 2025

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Get the Paper
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2025
Jatrabari killings: Ex-home secretary Jahangir placed on fresh 8-day remand

Court

TBS Report
16 July, 2025, 02:20 pm
Last modified: 16 July, 2025, 05:11 pm

Related News

  • 3 more Mitford murder accused remanded
  • Mitford murder: Mahin placed on fresh 5-day remand
  • BSB Global's chair remanded for 10 days over education scam, faces wrath outside court
  • Mitford murder: Two brothers placed on 5-day remand
  • Two more remanded over trader's murder at Mitford

Jatrabari killings: Ex-home secretary Jahangir placed on fresh 8-day remand

TBS Report
16 July, 2025, 02:20 pm
Last modified: 16 July, 2025, 05:11 pm
Former home secretary Jahangir Alam in court premises on Wednesday (16 July). Photo: Collected
Former home secretary Jahangir Alam in court premises on Wednesday (16 July). Photo: Collected

A Dhaka court has placed former home affairs secretary Jahangir Alam on a fresh eight-day remand in two cases filed in connection with two murders in the capital's Jatrabari area during last year's mass uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Istiaq passed the order after the hearing in the presence of the accused today (16 July).

Jahangir was produced before the court in tight security and sent back to the lockup after the hearing.

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

The case investigation officers, Police Bureau of Investigation Inspectors Md Shahanuzzaman and Sarwar Jahan, sought a five-day remand each in two cases. But, after the hearing, the court granted a five-day and three-day remand in the two cases.

Representing Jahangir Alam during the hearing, lawyer Farzana Yasmin Bithi filed a bail petition and sought cancellation of the fresh remand plea, which the court rejected.

She said, "My client [Jahangir] was a government employee who could not act outside government orders. All government employees are bound to follow the ministry's order. Moreover, he has a heart stent and is physically unwell. He has already been taken on remand several times before. We request dismissal of the remand plea and seek bail."

At the time, while standing in the dock, Jahangir Alam sought permission from the judge to speak.

After the judge granted permission, he said, "There is a limit to falsehood. Allah will not tolerate this. If that limit is crossed, you will be accountable to Allah. False allegations have been made against me. I did not go to the office on 5 August. Yet, an incident from 27 July is being shown as if it occurred on 5 August."

The prosecution objected to his comments and his lawyer's pleas.

The two cases involve the murder of Russel Bokul and Riton Uddin. Russel took part in a protest on 5 August last year near Jatrabari Police Station, where he was reportedly shot by police.

Russel was pronounced dead by the physicians at the hospital. His brother Hasnat Bokul filed a case at Jatrabari police station in this connection.

The other case was also filed at the same police station on 29 August last year over the death of Riton, who also sustained bullet injuries on 5 August near the police station and was declared dead at the hospital.

Jahangir was arrested by the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on 1 October 2024.

Top News

home secretary Jahangir Alam / Remand

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Photo: CA Press Wing
    CA Yunus holds meeting with leaders of four major political parties
  • Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS
    Secretariat protest: 75 injured in police-protester clash over edu adviser's resignation for delaying HSC rescheduling
  • Army launches probe into rescue operation chaos following Milestone plane crash
    Army launches probe into rescue operation chaos following Milestone plane crash

MOST VIEWED

  • Training aircraft crashes at the Diabari campus of Milestone College on 21 July 2025. Photo: Courtesy
    BAF jet crash at Milestone school: At least 20 including children, pilot dead; 171 hospitalised
  • Flight Lieutenant Md Towkir Islam. Photo: Collected
    Pilot tried to avoid disaster by steering crashing jet away from populated area: ISPR
  • An idle luxury: Built at a cost of Tk450 crore, this rest house near Parki Beach in Anwara upazila has stood unused for six months. Perched on the southern bank of the Karnaphuli, the facility now awaits a private lease as the Bridge Division seeks to put it to use. Photo: Md Minhaz Uddin
    Karnaphuli Tunnel’s service area holds tourism promises, but tall order ahead
  • Bangladesh declares one-day state mourning following plane crash on school campus
    Bangladesh declares one-day state mourning following plane crash on school campus
  • 91-day treasury bills rate falls 1.13 percentage points to 10.45% in a week
    91-day treasury bills rate falls 1.13 percentage points to 10.45% in a week
  • Air Force F-7 BJI training aircraft crashes at Milestone College in Uttara
    Air Force F-7 BJI training aircraft crashes at Milestone College in Uttara

Related News

  • 3 more Mitford murder accused remanded
  • Mitford murder: Mahin placed on fresh 5-day remand
  • BSB Global's chair remanded for 10 days over education scam, faces wrath outside court
  • Mitford murder: Two brothers placed on 5-day remand
  • Two more remanded over trader's murder at Mitford

Features

Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Milestone plane crash: Aggrieved nation left with questions as citizens rally to help

5h | Panorama
Illustration: TBS

Uttara, Jatrabari, Savar and more: The killing fields that ran red with July martyrs’ blood

22h | Panorama
Despite all the adversities, girls from the hill districts are consistently pushing the boundaries to earn repute and make the nation proud. Photos: TBS

Ghagra: Where dreams rise from dust for Bangladesh women's football

2d | Panorama
Photos: Collected

Water-resistant footwear: A splash of style in every step

2d | Brands

More Videos from TBS

Milestone Tragedy: Why the different views on the need for blood?

Milestone Tragedy: Why the different views on the need for blood?

35m | TBS Today
News of The Day, 22 JULY 2025

News of The Day, 22 JULY 2025

1h | TBS News of the day
US can avoid competition with China?

US can avoid competition with China?

1h | Others
Tariff deal: Dhaka to submit draft today, US yet to confirm meeting date

Tariff deal: Dhaka to submit draft today, US yet to confirm meeting date

2h | TBS Insight
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2025
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net