Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur freed from jail after 15 months

Staff Correspondent

Publisted at 4:23 PM, Mon Mar 11th, 2024

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman has been released after serving 15 months in Kashimpur jail.

He walked out of the jail this afternoon.

On 12 December 2022, a team from the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested him.

Later, on 13 December, the court granted a 7-day remand against Shafiqur Rahman in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act with Jatrabari police station. Following another round of remand, the court ordered him to be sent to prison. Since then, he has remained incarcerated.

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