Police allege his phone records show links to a banned organisation and involvement in activities aimed at destabilising the country.
Representational image. Photo: Courtesy
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A Dhaka court has sent Supreme Court lawyer Mahiuddin Ahmed, also known as Rudra, to jail in a case filed over an attempt to murder Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal activist Md Bellal in the capital’s Paltan area.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ishrat Jahan passed the order after a hearing today (14 November), State Public Prosecutor Shamsuddoha Sumon confirmed.
Earlier, the investigating officer in the case, Sub-Inspector Md Nazmul Islam of Paltan Model Police Station, produced Rudra before the court and sought an order to keep him in jail for the sake of a proper investigation.
In the petition, the investigating officer alleged that an examination of Rudra’s mobile phone data had revealed his involvement in activities including sabotage, hartals, crude bomb explosions and arson attacks targeting public transport. It also alleged that he had links to a banned organisation through various WhatsApp and Facebook groups.
The petition further argued that Rudra might flee if granted bail and that keeping him in jail was necessary for the investigation.
Rudra was reportedly detained in Shantinagar last night (13 November) by Jubo Dal leader Robiul Islam Nayan and later handed over to Paltan police.
The police application identified him as a member of the Aain Shohayok Parishad and a former member of Chittagong University Chhatra League during the 2004-05 academic session.
Rudra’s defence lawyers, including Md Ataur Rahman Khan Ruku, sought bail. The court rejected the petition and ordered that he be sent to jail.
According to the case statement, Bellal was leading a procession of around 200-250 Swechchhasebak Dal activists from the Nightingale intersection in Kakrail towards Paltan via Hotel 71 on 28 October 2023.
The complaint alleges that Awami League activists, armed with locally made weapons and firearms, blocked the procession and attacked its participants with sticks and other locally made weapons.
It further says that amid police action involving sound grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas, Bellal was hit by a tear-gas shell and fell to the ground. The attackers then allegedly hacked him on the head and other parts of his body with the intention of killing him, leaving him seriously injured. He was later taken to hospital.
After recovering, Bellal filed the attempted murder case with Paltan Model Police Station on 8 May 2025.
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 122 others were named in the case, alongside 100-150 unidentified people. Rudra was later shown arrested in connection with the case.
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