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DHAKA, Oct 29, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today sent former secretary of 
Election Commission (EC) Helal Uddin Ahmed to jail in a case lodged over the 
killing of BNP activist Mokbul.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque passed the order as police 
produced the accused before the court after end of his four-day remand in the 
case and pleaded to keep him behind the bars till the completion of probe.

The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter on October 25 
remanded him in the case.

A team of the Kotwali Police Station arrested Helal Uddin Ahmed from Khulshi 
area of Chattogram city on October 23.

According to the case documents, BNP leaders and activists as part of their 
party programme on December 10, 2022, began to gather in the capital. 

Marking the programme, police and AL men created a ruckus in front of the BNP 
headquarters in Naya Paltan on December 7. They entered the BNP office, 
charged batons and opened fire at the BNP men, injuring Mokbul critically.

Later, Mokbul died from his injuries at the hospital. The case was filed on 
September 30, 2024 against 256 including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.