DHAKA, Nov 10, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today sent to jail Barrister M 
Ashraful Islam, 50, a leader of Awami League United Kingdom (UK) unit in a 
case lodged over the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim.
 
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman passed the order as police produced 
Ashraful before the court and pleaded to keep him behind bars till the 
competition of probe in the case.
  
Barrister M Ashraful Islam was arrested in the capital today.
 
According to the case documents, BNP called a grand rally on October 28, 
2023. To foil this program, Awami League also called its grand rally in the 
capital. At one stage, Awami League goons, with the help of police, attacked 
the 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.