Ex-MP Ruhi sent to jail in July killing case

A Dhaka court on Thursday sent former Netrokona-1 lawmaker and banned Awami League leader Mostak Ahmed Ruhi to jail in a case filed over a killing during the July uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Kamal Uddin passed the order following an application by the investigating officer, state prosecutor Harun-or-Rashid said.

Earlier, Sub-Inspector of Mohammadpur Police Station Md Zahidul Islam Kabir, also the investigating officer of the case, produced Ruhi before the court and sought an order to keep him in jail.

According to the detention petition, evidence had been found against the accused in connection with the case. It also claimed that there was a possibility that Ruhi might go into hiding if released on bail.

Police arrested Ruhi from a house in Mohammadpur on Wednesday.

According to the case documents, victim Raju Ahmed, an employee of Janani Courier Service, was shot at around 4:30pm on 19 July 2024 during the anti-discrimination student movement.

Later, local people took him to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, where the attending doctor declared him dead. The victim’s father later filed the case with Mohammadpur Police Station on 27 August 2024.