Bahauddin Nasim's associate Motahar sent to jail in July uprising murder case

A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent Motahar Hossain, a close associate of Awami League Joint General Secretary Bahauddin Nasim, to jail after the end of his three-day remand in a murder case over the killing of Md Jasim during the July uprising in 2024.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sefatullah passed the order following a hearing, State Lawyer Harun Or Rashid said.

Motahar was produced before the court after the completion of his remand in the case filed with Uttara West Police Station over Jasim's death.

The investigation officer, Sub-Inspector Md Saiful Islam of Uttara West Police Station, sought an order to keep Motahar in jail until the investigation is completed. The prosecution supported the plea, while the defence opposed it.

After hearing both sides, the court rejected the bail plea and ordered his detention in jail.

In the petition, the investigation officer claimed that Motahar was a close associate of Bahauddin Nasim and had financed efforts to thwart the student-led movement on 5 August 2024.

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The officer said further detention was necessary to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident, identify and arrest other suspects, recover the weapons used in the attack and gather further information.

According to the case documents, Md Jasim was killed in an attack during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Uttara on 5 August 2024. A murder case was subsequently filed with Uttara West Police Station, naming Motahar as an accused.