Tipu Munshi arrested from Gulshan

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has arrested former commerce minister Tipu Munshi from Gulshan area of Dhaka in a case filed over the killing of a worker in Rangpur during the mass protests on July 19. 
Rab’s legal and media wing officials confirmed the development to The Daily Star. 
Dilruba Akter, wife of victim Muslim Uddin Milon, filed a complaint with the court of Rangpur Metropolitan Magistrate Raju Ahmed Babu on August 27.
The murder case was filed against 17 people, including Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury. 
The other accused include former lawmaker from the women’s reserved seat for Rangpur Nachima Zaman Bobby, former Rangpur-2 MP Abul Kalam Md Ahsanul Haque Chowdhury, Divisional Commissioner Zakir Hossain, former DIG (Rangpur range) of police Abdul Baten, ex-commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police Mohammad Moniruzzaman, former deputy commissioner Mohammad Mobassher Hasan, and former superintendent of police of Rangpur Mohammad Shahjahan.
Besides, many unnamed people were accused in the case.
According to the case statement, on July 19, a clash broke out between students and Awami League leaders and activists during a quota protest in the City Bazaar area. The incident escalated when police opened fire indiscriminately under the orders of the accused.
Milon was hit by a bullet at that time and taken to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Earlier, on August 22, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) asked banks to freeze the accounts of Tipu Munshi and his family members.
The BFIU also directed the lenders to keep their accounts freeze for the next 30 days.