Former state  minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Dipankar Talukdar. File Photo

DHAKA, Feb 11, 2025 (BSS) - A court here today sent to jail former state 
minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Dipankar Talukdar in a case 
lodged over the murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jashida Islam passed the order as police 
produced him before the court and pleaded to place him on a seven-day remand 
in the case. 

The defence, however, argued for his bail.

As the main case documents were not produced before the court during the 
hearing, the court sent the accused to jail and will hold hearing on the 
remand and bail matters later.

Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Dipankar from the city's Sobahanbagh 
area on February 10.

According to the case documents, BNP called a rally in the capital's Naya 
Paltan area on October 28, 2023. To counter the BNP rally, the then ruling 
Awami League (AL) convened a rally on the same day in the capital.

The AL men with the support of law enforcing agencies attacked a BNP rally 
which left Shamim Mollah killed and injured many of its leaders and 
activists.

The case was filed against 704 people including AL general secretary Obaidul 
Quader on September 24, 2024.