BSS
  23 Sep 2024, 18:32

Ex-MP George sent to jail in murder case after remand

DHAKA, Sept 23, 2024 (BSS)- Selim Altaf George, former lawmaker from Kushtia-
4 constituency, has been sent to jail after ending his police remand in a 
murder case in the city's Mohammadpur Thana during the student-led mass 
uprising.

Earlier on September 17, George was arrested by police from the city's 
Lalmatia area for his alleged involvement in the killing of auto-rickshaw 
driver Md Rony in Nurjahan Road area under Mohammadpur here during the anti-
discrimination students' movement on July 19 last.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Arfatul Rakib passed the order today as 
the Investigation Officer (IO) Sub-Inspector (SI) of Mohammadpur Police 
Station Altaf Hossain produced George before the court after ending his 
police remand in the case.

Lawyer of the accused also prayed for his bail but the court ordered to send 
him to jail rejecting the bail plea.

Md Rony suffered bullet injuries in front of a primary school on Nurjahan 
Road at about 1pm on the day. He was rushed to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical 
College where on-duty doctors declared him dead.

Later, Rony's mother filed a murder case with Mohammadpur Thana in this 
connection.