Bangladesh court shows Nassa Group chairman arrested in July Uprising attempted murder case

A Dhaka court on Monday ordered Nassa Group chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder shown arrested in an attempted murder case stemming from the 2024 July Uprising.

Dhaka additional chief metropolitan magistrate Md Sefatullah issued the order after an application by investigating officer Md Abdus Salam of Gulshan Police Station.

Investigators alleged Mazumder instructed another to open fire on demonstrators and provided financial assistance to suppress protests.

Case documents say rickshaw-van driver Jabbar Ali Howlader was shot on July 19, 2024, during a demonstration in front of Confidence Tower in Gulshan’s Shahjadpur area. Howlader filed the case on Dec. 11, 2024, naming former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 109 others as accused.

Mazumder, a former Exim Bank chairman, was arrested in Gulshan on Oct. 1, 2024, and has remained jailed since then.