Golap placed on fresh 3-day remand

A Dhaka court has placed Awami League’s Publicity and Publication Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap on a fresh three-day remand in a case filed over the killing of garment worker Rubel.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mehedi Hasan passed the order after the inspector of Adabar police station Mintu Chandra Banik produced them before the court with a seven-day remand prayer. 

Golap was arrested from Paschim Nakhalpara in the capital on August 25. He was then placed on a seven-day remand on August 26. 

According to the case statement, several hundred students and general people including Rubel brought out a protest procession at Ring Road area in the capital’s Adabar around 11am on August 5. At that time, police and the leaders and activists of Awami League, Chhatra League, Juba League, Swechasebak League, Sramik League, Tanti League, Krishak League and Matsyajibi League opened fire on them. Rubel suffered bullet injured injuries and was taken to a hospital where the doctors declared him dead. Rubel’s father Rafiqul Islam filed a murder case with Adabar police station on August 22. 

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, Abdus Sobhan Golap, cricketer Sakib Al Hasan, former lawmaker Ferdous and former lawmaker Barrister Sayedul Haque Sumon were made accused in the case.