A Dhaka fruit seller has been sent to jail under an attempted murder case linked to the July Uprising, despite being initially detained for taking photographs inside a courtroom. Instead, he was listed as arrested in a July Uprising case and brought before the court,” Farzana added. Kotwali Police Sub-Inspector Joydeb Sharma, who produced Sagar, initially claimed he was arrested from Badamtali, but later admitted the fruit seller had first been detained inside the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court premises. The SI declined to comment on any specific attempted murder allegations against Sagar. Sagar was formally shown as arrested in the attempted murder case of a student from Kabi Nazrul Government College, in which 56 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, were named.

Source: bd News24 March 09, 2026 16:57 UTC