DHAKA, Nov 14, 2024 (BSS) - A court here today sent to jail former Dhaka-7 lawmaker Solaiman Salim in a case lodged over the murder of Rakib Hawlader during the recent anti-discrimination student movement.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Awlad Hossain Muhammad Zunaid passed the order as police produced him before the court. 

The court said the hearing on his bail plea and police's petition to place him on remand will be held after the main case documents reach the court.

A team of Chawkbazar Police Station arrested Solaiman Salim from Gulshan area around 1:30 am today, Officer-in-Charge (OC) Rezaul Hossain told BSS.

Rakib got shot as the Awami League and its front and associate bodies fired live rounds and hurled crude bombs on the protesters during the student-people movement at Chankharpool crossing in the morning on August 5. The Awami League goons even stopped the people from rescuing Rakib and taking him to the nearest hospital.

He was later rushed to Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital, where the attending doctors declared him dead on arrival.