Eggs thrown at Salman, Anisul outside court premises
The incident occurred around 7:30pm when they were being taken to a police van after the court placed them into a 10-day remand each
General people, including some lawyers, outside the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court today (14 August) threw eggs at Salman F Rahman, former adviser to the recently ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and former law minister Anisul Huq.
The incident occurred around 7:30pm when they were being taken to a police van after the court placed them into a 10-day remand each, our correspondent reports from the spot.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mamunur Rashid passed the remand order after the accused were produced in the court in a murder case.
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No lawyer represented them.
Earlier around 6:30pm, many people threw eggs at a police van escorting Salman, Anisul to the court.
At one point, they were taken inside an iron cage in the court for their safety. The commotion disrupted court procedure.
Salman F Rahman and Anisul Huq were taken into custody yesterday after arrest from the Sadarghat area of the capital during an alleged escape attempt, according to police.
They were arrested in a case filed with the New Market Police Station, said DMP Commissioner Mainul Hasan.
The duo was charged with instigating the killing of a shop employee, Shahjahan Ali, 24, in the New Market area on 16 July during quota reform protests, according to court sources.
