Ex-lawmakers Shahjahan Omar, Mostafa Jalal, Solaiman Salim shown arrested in fresh cases

Separate Dhaka courts on Monday showed former lawmakers Barrister Shahjahan Omar, Dr Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin and Mohammad Solaiman Salim arrested in three separate cases.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sefatullah showed Shahjahan Omar arrested in a case filed with Banani Police Station, while Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ariful Islam showed him arrested in another case filed with Mirpur Model Police Station.

Meanwhile, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Joshita Islam ordered that former lawmaker Dr Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin and Mohammad Solaiman Salim be shown arrested in a case filed over the killing of BNP activist Mokbul Hossain.

State counsel for the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court Shamsuddohha Sumon confirmed the developments.

Barrister Shahjahan Omar was shown arrested in two separate cases filed with Banani and Mirpur Model police stations in connection with the July uprising.

According to the case filed with Mirpur Model Police Station, Md Muktar Hossain took part in the anti-discrimination student movement on 4 August 2024, when he was shot and injured, allegedly by police, along with leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organisations. A case was filed on 17 March 2025.

Read More

Warrant issued against Lakeshore Hotel MD Kazi Tareq Shams

The Banani Police Station case states that 19-year-old Sohag was allegedly shot during the quota reform movement in the Banani area on 19 July 2024. He later died while undergoing treatment. A case was filed on 12 September 2024 over the incident.

According to the case statement in which Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin and Solaiman Selim were shown arrested, BNP leaders and activists began gathering in Nayapaltan on 10 December 2022 for a programme demanding a one-point political agenda.

Two days earlier, on 7 December, police conducted an operation at the BNP central office in Nayapaltan. Mokbul Hossain, a BNP activist, was allegedly shot during the incident and later died.

Mahfuzur Rahman filed the case with Paltan Model Police Station on 30 September 2024.