Salman F Rahman, IGP Mamun, 3 others shown arrested in fresh cases

Two separate courts have shown five people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's former private industry affairs adviser Salman F Rahman and former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder in four cases filed over murders committed during the student-led July-August mass uprising.

The three other arrestees are- former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former Barguna-1 lawmaker Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu and Diamond World Managing Director Dilip Kumar Agarwala.

Of the five, Salman F Rahman and Mamun were shown arrested in the Shahabul Islam Shawon killing case and Shambhu was shown arrested, in the Riajul killing case, both filed with the Ashulia Police Stations, by Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Tajul Islam.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam showed Kamal arrested in a murder case filed with the Pallabi Police Station, Agarwala in another murder case filed with the Gulshan Police Station.