Iqbal Sobhan lands in jail in July killing case

A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered that Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, editor of The Daily Observer and former information adviser to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, be sent to jail in a case filed over a killing linked to the July uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sarah Farzana Haque passed the order after a hearing, State Prosecutor Omar Faruqui confirmed.

Earlier, the investigation officer, Sub-Inspector Mohammad Amir Hossain of Jatrabari Police Station, produced Iqbal Sobhan before the court and sought his detention in jail.

According to the petition, preliminary findings in the case indicated Iqbal Sobhan's involvement in the incident and that he needed to be kept in custody for the sake of a proper investigation.

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On 4 November, DB police detained Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and subsequently showed him arrested in the case.

According to the case statement, Arif, a madrasa student, was shot in the eye during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on 19 July 2024 in the Jatrabari area.

He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. His father, Md Yusuf, filed the case with Jatrabari Police Station on 25 August 2024, naming Sheikh Hasina and 232 others. Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury is listed as accused No. 53 in the case.