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Monday | September 21, 2026 | Dhaka

24 jailed over Gulshan procession

Case names 118, with 80-100 unnamed accused
 Court Correspondent
 Published: 12:56 AM, 21 September 2026

Public safety concerns surrounding a procession and subsequent cocktail explosions in Dhaka’s Gulshan area have led to 24 people being sent to jail, as a court rejected bail pleas for 15 of them after their 10-day remand in an Anti-Terrorism Act case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order on Sunday, 20 September, after police produced the accused before the court following completion of their remand.

Investigation Officer of Gulshan Police Station SI Ruhul Amin sought an order to keep all 24 accused in jail.

Lawyers representing the accused sought bail during the hearing, but the court rejected the petitions and ordered that all 24 be sent to jail.

SI Moktar Hossain of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Prosecution Department confirmed the development.

He said lawyers for 15 of the accused had sought bail, but the court rejected their applications.

Those sent to jail are A Rahim, Jahangir Hossain, Alamgir Hossain, Sabbir Hossain, Kamrul Hasan (Alam), Munna Mia, Samin Yasir (Sadaf), Ratul, HM Zakaria Rahman Oman, Minhajul Islam Fahad, Sohel Ahmed, Sohorab, Hazrat Ali, Azharul Islam Masud, Chan Mia, Habib Sikder, Zahir Hossain, Mehedi Hasan, Kabir Bhandari, Babul Gop, Farid Ahmed, Indranil Deb Sharma, Nazrul Islam and Masud Hasan Shamim.

The court had earlier granted police 10 days’ remand for the accused following a hearing on 12 September.

Police said more than 50 people had so far been arrested in connection with the case, with some of them subsequently interrogated on remand for varying periods.

According to the case statement, several hundred people took part in a procession in the Gulshan-1 area around noon on 11 September.

The procession was reportedly chanting “Joy Bangla” when police moved to disperse it.

The statement alleges that two cocktails were exploded during the confrontation. Police subsequently fired two rounds of rubber bullets to bring the situation under control.

SI Md Mahbub Hossain of Gulshan Police Station filed the case as the complainant on 11 September under the Anti-Terrorism Act following the incident.

The case names 118 people as accused, while another 80 to 100 unidentified individuals have also been accused.

The latest court order comes amid continued police action over the incident, with the investigation focusing on those allegedly involved in the procession, the explosions and the ensuing confrontation.