Former MP Kazim Uddin sent to jail

A court in Dhaka sent former member of parliament (MP) from Mymensingh-11 (Bhaluka) constituency Kazim Uddin Ahmed Dhanu to jail in a case lodged over the killing of Ismail in the capital's Jatrabari area during the July-August mass uprising.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan passed the order on Thursday (May 15).

Earlier, police produced Kazim Uddin before the court and pleaded to keep him behind bars till the end of probe in the case.

On Wednesday (May 14), police arrested him from the capital’s Aftab Nagar area around 3:00pm.