Police have shown Salma Islam, a 42-year-old homemaker from Azimpur, arrested in connection with an attempted murder case filed over a student shooting incident during the July 2024 protests in Dhanmondi. The arrest comes a day after she was assaulted near Dhanmondi 32 during the banned Awami League ‘Dhaka Lockdown’ program, an incident that went viral on social media. According to police, bystanders handed her over to officers at the scene. Investigating officer SI Anwar Hossain said preliminary evidence and witness statements suggested her involvement in the 19 July shooting of a European University student. The case, filed on 1 December last year, named 37 accused including senior Awami League leader Obaidul Quader. Salma’s lawyer, however, claimed she was a victim being unjustly implicated, calling the arrest unlawful. On Friday, a Dhaka court denied her bail and ordered her to be sent to jail pending further investigation.