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DHAKA, July 30, 2026 (BSS) - A court here today showed former Begum Rokeya University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah arrested in a case filed over the attempted murder of Mustain Billah Sabbir in the capital's Uttara area during the 2024 July Mass Uprising.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain passed the order as police produced Prof Kalimullah before the court and pleaded to show him arrested in the case. The court later sent him back to jail.

The investigation officer sub-inspector Md Abu Sayed of Uttara West Police Station on July 28 filed the plea to show Prof Kalimullah arrested in the case. The court, however, had set today to hold hearing on the matter in presence of the accused.

According to the case documents, victim Mustain Billah Sabbir took part in the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in 2024. On the afternoon of July 19, 2024, while he was staying on Rabindra Sarani Road in Uttara, the accused, armed with deadly weapons and firearms opened indiscriminate fire on the protesting students and the public. During the attack, a bullet struck the middle of the victim's left elbow, leaving him seriously injured. Several other people also sustained bullet injuries in the incident.

Local people rescued Sabbir and took him to Uttara High Care General Hospital. He was later shifted to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) for advanced treatment. In connection with the incident, the victim himself filed an attempted murder case with Uttara West Police Station on October 14, 2025.

Prof Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah was arrested from his Mohammadpur house on August 7, 2025, and is in jail since then.