Actor Siddique on 7-day remand

A Dhaka court yesterday placed actor Siddiqur Rahman Siddique on a seven-day remand in an attempted murder case linked to the July uprising.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed the order.

On November 28 last year, the victim, Jabber Ali Howlader, filed the case with the court.

Gulshan police then registered it as a first information report on December 11, as per the court's direction.

On Tuesday, a group of men assaulted the actor, alleging he had ties with Awami League, and later handed him over to police.

According to witnesses and police, some individuals stopped Siddique on Baily Road and allegedly assaulted him before turning him in. A video of the incident, which went viral on social media, shows him with torn clothing and bruises. A person can be heard saying that he was "a supporter of the fascist regime".

Siddique had earlier collected a nomination form AL to contest the Dhaka-17 by-election following the death of MP and veteran actor Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque in 2023.However, he did not receive the party's nomination.