A Dhaka court on Tuesday evening granted bail to Youth Mahila League leader Shilpi Begum in an attempted murder case linked to the July movement. The order came just hours after she was sent to jail with her one-and-a-half-month-old baby. The bail was granted by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman, and her lawyer Farzana Yasmin Rakhi confirmed the decision, expressing hope that Begum would be released the next day.

Shilpi Begum, affiliated with the 26th ward of Dhaka North Youth Mahila League, had been arrested Monday evening from Tejkunipara Railway Colony. She was accused of directing an attack on the home of Dhaka University student Tahmid Mubin Ratul, who was injured during an anti-discrimination protest on July 16, 2024. The assault allegedly caused property damage worth five lakh taka and theft of goods valued at three lakh taka. The case, filed on January 25 last year, named 103 individuals including former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.

The court had initially denied bail despite her lawyer’s plea citing her recent childbirth, but the decision was reversed later in the day, allowing her conditional release.