Shahjadpur municipality mayor sent to jail
A Sirajganj court on Monday sent Shahjadpur municipality mayor Halimul Haque Miru to jail in a case filed over the killing of a journalist.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Morshed Alam passed the order when Manirul Islam, inspector of Shahjadpur Police Station and also the investigation officer of the case, produced him before the court seeking a seven-day custody, reports UNB.
Earlier on Sunday, detectives arrested Miru, the prime accused in the case, from Shyamoli area in the capital in connection with the killing of the journalist.
Abdul Hakim Shimul, Shahjadpur upazila correspondent of vernacular daily the Dainik Samakal, sustained bullet injuries during a clash between two associate bodies of Awami League in Shahjadpur on Thursday.
Later, he died on the way to Dhaka on Friday afternoon.
Shimul’s wife filed a case against 18 identified and 20-25 unidentified people with Shahjadpur Police Station.