A Dhaka court has sent rickshaw puller Azizur Rahman to jail in an attempted murder case linked to last year’s anti-discrimination student movement.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ishrat Jennifer Jerin passed the order today. 

Azizur was beaten by a mob on 15 August while placing flowers at Dhanmondi-32 to pay tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, then detained by police.

He is accused of involvement in the 4 August shooting of Md Ariful Islam during clashes in the Dhanmondi–Science Lab area, where protesters allegedly fired bullets and hurled bombs. Police sought his detention to continue the investigation.

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