The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court has granted an application to show the arrest of eight others, including former Law Minister Anisul Haque and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's private investment and industrial affairs advisor Salman F Rahman, in two separate murder cases.

Court order
Anisul Haque, Salman F Rahman, and eight others were produced before the CMM Court in Dhaka from prison on Monday (July 21) morning. Later, the state prosecutor applied to show their arrest in two separate murder cases filed at the capital's Mohammadpur and Rampura police stations. After the hearing, the court granted the application.

Those who have been shown arrested
The people against whom this order has been issued today are—

Anisul Haque, former law minister

Salman F. Rahman, former private investment and industrial affairs advisor to the prime minister

Rashed Khan Menon, president and former minister of the Workers' Party of Bangladesh

Hasanul Haque Inu, president and former minister of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal

Atikul Islam, former mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation

Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon, former member of parliament

Sadeq Khan, former member of parliament

Naimur Hasan Russell, Chhatra League leader (Mohammadpur police station)

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in the student-public uprising on August 5 last year, major changes took place in the political arena. Immediately after the fall of the government, several murder cases were filed in the wake of violence and various incidents. Anisul Haque and Salman F. Rahman were arrested on August 13. Later, Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Haque Inu, Atikul Islam, and others were also shown to be arrested in various cases.

In today's hearing, the court ordered that they be shown arrested in two new murder cases at the Mohammadpur and Rampura police stations.

In the next step, the court granted the application to show the arrests against the accused, but no decision has been made yet on the remand or bail hearing. The lawyers said that further legal action will be taken depending on the progress of the investigation.