Former Ducsu VP and lawmaker Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed has been placed on a five-day remand in a case filed over the murder of a Juba Dal leader Shamim during a BNP rally on October 28, 2023.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ragib Nur passed the order on Monday. Detective Branch (DB) of police detained Sultan Mansur from the immigration of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday. After that, he was taken to the DB office at Minto Road.
According to the case documents, the BNP called the rally in the capital's Naya Paltan area on October 28, 2023. To counter the BNP rally, the Awami League too convened its rally on the same day in the capital. The Awami League men with the support of law enforcement agencies attacked the BNP rally, leaving many of its leaders and activists injured.
The case was filed on September 24, 2024.
It is known that this former MP has been traveling to the UK, USA, and Canada for a long time. He was out of the country long before the student movement.
Sultan Mansur was elected Member of Parliament for Moulvibazar-2 constituency in the 2018 11th National Parliament Elections on the nomination of Jatiya Oikya Front.
Sultan Mansur became known for the leadership of the Chhatra League all over the country. In 1986, he was elected the central president of the Chhatra League. In 1989, he was elected VP of DUCSU. He was the VP of Dhaka University Students' Union as the sole president of the Chhatra League in independent Bangladesh.
Sultan Mansur was one of the few who protested against the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975, known as the Black Chapter of 75.
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