A Correspondent:
Gazipur: Jubo Mohila League activist Shilpi Begum, who secured bail on Tuesday in an explosives case filed during July-August uprising, was released from Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail on Wednesday.
She walked out of Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail around 12:00pm along with her one-and-a-half-month-old infant, said Senior Jail Superintendent Kawalin Nahar.
Earlier on Tuesday, Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman granted her bail after hearing a review petition filed by the defence.
Family members received her upon release from the jail.
Shilpi, an activist of Dhaka North Jubo Mohila League’s ward No. 26, was arrested on Monday evening from the Tejkunipara Railway Colony area in a case filed with Tejgaon Police Station under the Explo-sive Substances Act.
Family members told the court that Shilpi delivered her baby by caesarean section on March 4 and re-mained physically weak.
They said she is unable to properly breastfeed or even hold the infant due to complications, including a fractured left arm from a recent fall.
Despite repeated appeals from the family to keep the baby in their care, police did not allow the infant to be separated. Both mother and child were later taken to Kashimpur Jail, they added.
According to the case statement, Dhaka University student Tahmid Mubin Ratul was shot in the Chankharpool area on July 16, 2024, and later attacked along with fellow students at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
On July 23, a group of 120-130 people allegedly attacked his residence in Tejgaon, vandalising property worth Tk 5 lakh and looting goods valued at Tk 3 lakh.
The case was filed on January 25, 2025 by Ratul’s mother Shahnur Khanam at Tejgaon Police Station, naming 103 accused, including former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
