DU Professor Jamal Uddin denied bail in anti-terrorism case

A court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Dhaka University (DU) Sociology Department Professor AKM Jamal Uddin in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act with Paltan Police Station in the capital.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam passed the order, Defence Lawyer Golam Rabbani confirmed.

The court also directed the prison authorities to consider his division status in jail in accordance with the jail code after defence lawyers made a plea in this regard.

Earlier, police detained AKM Jamal Uddin on Wednesday morning from Gulistan Zero Point while he was participating in a programme titled “Bangabandhu Peace March–2026.”

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Later, he was shown arrested in the Anti-Terrorism Act case and sent to jail.

Jamal Uddin, known as a teacher affiliated with the pro-Awami League Blue panel at Dhaka University, was reportedly harassed on the university campus last December.