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A Dhaka court on Thursday showed former Begum Rokeya University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah arrested in a case over the attempted murder of Mustain Billah Sabbir during the July 2024 Mass Uprising in the capital’s Uttara area.
Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain passed the order after police produced Kalimullah before the court and sought permission to show him arrested in the case. The court later sent him back to jail.
The investigating officer, Sub-Inspector Md Abu Sayed of Uttara West Police Station, filed the petition on July 28. The court had fixed Thursday for the hearing in the presence of the accused.
According to the case statement, victim Mustain Billah Sabbir participated in the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in 2024. On the afternoon of July 19, 2024, while he was on Rabindra Sarani Road in Uttara, the accused allegedly opened indiscriminate fire on protesting students and bystanders using firearms.
Sabbir was struck by a bullet in his left elbow and sustained serious injuries. Several others were also injured in the shooting.
Locals rescued Sabbir and took him to Uttara High Care General Hospital. He was later transferred to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) for advanced treatment.
Sabbir filed the attempted murder case with Uttara West Police Station on October 14, 2025.
Prof Kalimullah was arrested from his residence in Mohammadpur on August 7, 2025, and has remained in jail since then.