The police on Thursday sought court permission to show former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque arrested in a fresh case filed with Banani Police Station over charges of attempted murder and violations of Explosives Act.
Investigating officer Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam submitted the application before Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah, who fixed July 6, 2026, for a hearing on the plea in presence of the accused, prosecution official Sub-Inspector Moktar Hossain said.
Khairul Haque was arrested at his Dhanmondi residence on July 24, 2025 and has remained in jail since then.
The High Court on May 17 directed authorities not to show him arrested in any case without a specific legal basis and ordered that he not be subjected to harassment.
He has since secured bail in all eight cases previously filed against him, including cases linked to the July uprising, a Jatrabari murder case and five cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Earlier on Thursday, the Appellate Division upheld his bail in a Jatrabari case.
Despite being on bail in all existing cases, police have now sought to show him arrested in the new attempted murder and explosives case.
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