Dhaka: A court here today placed actress Shomi Kaiser and Gaan Bangla television channel chairman Kaushik Hossain Taposh on three-day remand each in a case lodged over an attempt to murder businessman Ishtiak Mahmud during the recent anti-discrimination student movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifuzzaman passed the order, scrapping bail pleas filed by Shomi and Taposh. According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, police arrested Shomi Kaiser from a house on Road-6 of sector-4 of the city's Uttara area early today, while Taposh was also arrested from Uttara on November 4. The case documents reveal that Ishtiak Mahmud, along with others, joined a rally of the anti-discrimination student movement on July 18. As the rally reached Azampur Nawab Habibullah High School in Uttara Sector-4, Awami League goons attacked them, firing indiscriminately at the protesters. One bullet hit Ishtiak in the abdomen, and he was rushed to Evercare Hospital where he underwent treatment for his injuries. Ishtiak Mahmud subsequ ently filed a case on September 29 with Uttara East Police Station against 126 individuals, including former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun.
