Former Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury has been shown arrested in a case filed at Lalbagh Police Station in connection with the anti-discrimination movement. The arrest was confirmed on Tuesday morning by Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police Joint Commissioner Md. Nasir Uddin. Authorities stated that she faces six cases across various police stations in the capital, including the Lalbagh case. Earlier that morning, she was detained from her cousin Arif Masud Chowdhury’s residence in Dhanmondi and later questioned at the Detective Branch office on Minto Road.

Police sources said Shirin Sharmin is also accused in a murder case related to the July uprising, where a gold worker named Muslim Uddin was shot dead in Rangpur. The case was filed on August 27, 2024, by the victim’s wife against Shirin Sharmin, former Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, and 15 others. Tipu Munshi is currently in jail over that case.

According to police, Shirin Sharmin had been in hiding since the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024, and resigned from her post as Speaker on September 2 of the same year.