RAJSHAHI, Sept 19, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today put Jubo League leader Jahirul Islam Rubel on another 7-day remand over allegations of shooting at protesters during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement on August 5, 2024.

Metropolitan Magistrate Court-1 Judge Faisal Tarek passed the order as police produced Rubel before the court seeking a 10-day remand for interrogation after ending of five-day remand.

The court granted the remand in the case filed over the killing of Saquib Anjum, a student of Varendra University.

Earlier on September 15, the court had placed Rubel on a 5-day remand for interrogation in a murder case of Rajshahi College student Raihan Ali.

SM Masud Parvez, officer-in-charge (OC) of Boalia Police Station, said Rapid Action Battalion members arrested Rubel, a member of Jubo League’s Rajshahi city unit, from Cumilla’s Daudkandi area and handed him over to police.

On September 15, Boalia police took him to court.

Six cases have already been filed against Rubel including murder, attempt to murder and looting of weapons under Explosives Prevention Act, said Parvez.

He added that Rubel, son of Abdur Razzak of Chandipur area under Rajpara Police Station in Rajshahi metropolis, has been arrested in all of these cases.