Dhaka: A Dhaka court today sent former lawmaker of Nilphamari-3 constituency Saddam Hossain Pavel to jail in connection with an attempted murder case filed over the shooting of Dhaka College student Majedul Islam. New Market Thana police produced Pavel before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court after the end of his two-day remand and submitted a petition seeking his confinement in jail. Metropolitan Magistrate Minhazul Islam, on behalf of the CMM, granted the petition after hearing the prosecution.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, police arrested Pavel from the city's Lalmatia area on September 4 and produced him before the court the next day. Later, on September 15, the court granted a two-day remand following a petition by the investigation officer.
The case statement alleges that the former lawmaker and his associates opened fire on a group of students in Dhaka's New Market area on August 2 last year during an uprising, with the intent to kill. Dhaka College student Majedul Islam and several others were injured in the incident.
A cousin of Majedul Islam filed the case with New Market Thana on August 26 last year in connection with the attack.