Supreme Court lawyer Mohiuddin Ahmed Rudra sent to jail in attempted murder case
A court has ordered Supreme Court lawyer Mohiuddin Ahmed Rudra to be sent to jail after he was shown arrested in an attempted murder case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ishrat Jahan passed the order.
Mohiuddin Ahmed Rudra is a member of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Legal Aid Council and a former member of the Chittagong University unit of Chhatra League.
Police from Paltan Police Station produced Rudra before the court on Saturday afternoon. The case's investigation officer, SI Nazmul Islam of Paltan Police Station, applied to keep him detained in jail, while Rudra's lawyers sought bail. After the hearing, the court ordered him sent to jail.
State counsel Muhammad Shamsuddoha Sumon confirmed the matter.
On Friday night, Jubo Dal activists led by leader Rabiul Islam Nayan handed Mohiuddin Ahmed Rudra over to police from Dhaka's Shantinagar area. Rudra's relatives, however, claim he was taken from his home by a mob.
The investigation officer stated that on Friday, local people detained Rudra at the Baitul Mukarram Mosque gate area, identifying him as an active Awami League member and saboteur, and handed him over to the police station at around 8pm.
On Saturday he was produced before the court shown arrested in a case over the attempted murder of a young man named Md Bellal.
According to the case statement, at around 1:45pm on 28 October 2023, Swechchhasebak Dal activists were holding a procession and rally in the Paltan area demanding the fall of the Awami League government. A procession led by the Awami League, Jubo League, Swechchhasebak League and Chhatra League allegedly attacked them, and Swechchhasebak Dal activist Bellal was beaten and hacked with sticks and local weapons.
After the fall of the Awami League government on 5 August 2024, the case was filed with Paltan Police Station on 8 May 2025. It names 123 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former Gazipur City Corporation mayor Jahangir Alam, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader and senior police officials.
The application to detain him stated that Mohiuddin Ahmed Rudra has been communicating with a banned organization through various WhatsApp and Telegram groups to destabilize the country. According to the application, preliminary evidence is emerging of his involvement in cocktail explosions, petrol bomb attacks and arson on public transport during Awami League-announced lockdown and hartal programmes, and keeping him in jail custody is necessary for a proper investigation and fair trial.
