Former minister Dipu Moni, state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak, and five others were shown arrested on Sunday in connection with the death of Ramiz Uddin Ahmed Roop on August 4.
Ramiz, a 24-year-old student of Daffodil International University, was shot dead during the quota reform movement in front of Karwan Bazar Metro Rail Station.
The other accused include Hasanul Haq Inu, president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD); Rashed Khan Menon, president of the Workers Party and a key figure in the Awami League-led 14-Party Alliance; Shakil Ahmed, former head of news at Ekattor Television; Farzana Rupa, chief correspondent of Ekattor Television; and Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former inspector general of police.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan issued the order after Investigation Officer Md Sohel Rana of Tejgaon Police Station produced them before court at 7:30 a.m. and applied to have them officially shown as arrested in the case.
All seven were previously named in the First Information Report (FIR) and had been arrested earlier in connection with other cases. They had been placed on remand under various terms.
Following the incident, Ramiz's father, AKM Rakibul Ahmed, filed a case on September 7 with Tejgaon Police Station against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 222 others, including Palak, Dipu Moni, Inu, Menon, Shakil, Rupa, and Mamun.
