Ex Kishoreganj-5 lawmaker Afza Hossain. File Photo

DHAKA, March 25, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today sent to jail former lawmaker from Kishoreganj-5 constituency Md Afzal Hossain in a case filed over the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim in 2023.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanaullah passed the order as police produced Afzal before the court and pleaded to place him on a 10-day remand in the case. 

The court, however, decided to hold hearing on his bail plea and police petition for placing him on remand later as the main case documents are yet to reach the court.

Police arrested Md Afzal Hossain from Meherpur town on March 24.

According to the case documents, BNP called a grand rally on October 28, 2023. Awami League also called its own rally in the capital to foil this programme. At one stage, Awami League activists, with the help of police, attacked BNP's rally in Naya Paltan, killing Shamim on the spot.

The case was filed with the capital's Paltan Police Station on September 24, 2024.