Ex-state minister Enamur sent to jail in hawker killing case

A Dhaka court has sent to jail former state minister for disaster management and relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman in a case lodged over the killing of hawker Sagor in the city's Mirpur area during the student-led July-August mass-uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman passed the order as police produced Enamur before the court after the end of his six-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind the bars till end of probe.

A court here on January 27 placed the former state minister on a six-day remand in the case.

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Dr Md Enamur Rahman from the city's Bhatara area in the early hours of that day (January 27).

According to the case documents, Sagor joined anti-discrimination student rally in the Mirpur-10 intersection area on July 19. The rally was attacked by police and Awami League cadres around 4pm. Sagor got shot and died on the spot.

On November 27, 2024 Sagor's sister Beauty Akter filed the case against 242 people including the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.