She was later kept in the court’s lock-up, with a hearing on her arrest to be held shortly before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana
DB Additional Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been brought to the DB office and is currently in custody. Photo: TBS
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DB Additional Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been brought to the DB office and is currently in custody. Photo: TBS
Former parliament speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been taken to a Dhaka court after her arrest in connection with an attempted murder case filed over the killing of one Ashraful during the 2024 July Uprising in Lalbagh.
Police brought her to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court at around 1:55pm today (7 April).
She was later kept in the court’s lock-up, with a hearing on her arrest to be held shortly before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana, according to Acting Officer-in-Charge of the court lock-up Md Morshed.
Earlier in the day, detectives arrested Shirin Sharmin from Dhanmondi in the capital in a case filed with Lalbagh Police Station.
She was subsequently taken to the Detective Branch office for initial questioning.
According to the case statement, during the anti-discrimination student movement on 18 July 2024, attacks and gunfire were carried out on protesters inside the Azimpur Government Colony under Lalbagh Police Station. A man named Ashraful was shot during the incident.
In connection with the incident, Ashraful filed a case on 25 May against 130 individuals, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Shirin Sharmin resigned from the post of Speaker on 2 September 2024, 27 days after the fall of the Awami League government. She had been serving as speaker since 30 April 2013.
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