Dhaka court sends former CJ to jail in murder case

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Dhaka: A Dhaka court on Thursday sent Bangladesh’s former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque to jail in connection with a murder case during the July uprising in Jatrabari.The decision came hours after Haque, 81, was detained from his residence in Dhaka.TV footage and media pictures showed Haque was led into the court handcuffed, wearing a helmet and a bulletproof jacket. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate M Sanaullah ordered him to be sent to jail in connection with the murder case of a teenager – Abdul Kaiyum Ahad – who was shot dead during last year’s “July uprising”. Haque was named as one of the accused, while police said that 1,000 to 2,000 people were involved in the killing in the Jatrabari area.