Ex-acting mayor of GCC on 3-day remand in murder attempt case

A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed former acting mayor of Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) Asadur Rahman Kiron on a three-day remand in a case filed over an alleged attempt to murder one Ishtiak Mahmud in the capital's Uttara area during the July Mass Uprising.

The court also showed former Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Atiqul Islam arrested in the same case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate M Misbah Ur Rahman passed the order as police produced the duo before the court and sought a seven-day remand for Kiron and an arrest showing order for Atiqul.

According to the case statement, Ishtiak Mahmud took part in an anti-discrimination student rally in Uttara on July 18 last year, which came under attack. He sustained a bullet injury in his abdomen and later filed a case with the Uttara East Police Station on October 29, 2024.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained Kiron from the Sharsha border in Jashore on November 19, 2024, while he was reportedly trying to flee the country. Police earlier arrested Atiqul from the capital's Mohakhali DOHS area on October 16, 2024.