Former Dhaka-7 lawmaker Solaiman Salim, also son of former lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim, has been sent to jail in a case filed over the murder of Rakib Hawlader during the recent mass uprising.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Muhammad Zunaid passed the order on Thursday as police produced him before the court.
The court said the hearing on his bail plea and police's petition to place him on remand will be held after the main case documents reach the court.
Earlier, a team of Chawkbazar Police Station arrested Solaiman Salim from Gulshan area around 1:30AM on Thursday.
According to the case documents, Rakib got shot as the Awami League and its front and associate bodies fired and hurled crude bombs on the protesters during the mass movement at Chankharpool crossing on August 5. They also barred the people from rescuing Rakib and taking him to the nearest hospital.
Later, Rakib rushed to Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, where the attending doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Meanwhile, after the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government on August 5, Solaiman Salim, had gone into hiding to avoid arrest. He had been hiding in a relative’s house in Gulshan.
On September 1, Haji Salim was also arrested from Bangshal area in a murder case filed with the Lalbagh Police Station and is currently in jail.
