Overview

• Detective Branch officers arrested 81-year-old ABM Khairul Haque at his Dhanmondi home on July 24, 2025.
• A Dhaka court sent him to jail in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager during last year’s uprising.
• He faces three additional cases alleging corruption, sedition and forgery linked to his 2011 verdict ending the caretaker government system.
• Critics say his landmark ruling scrapping the neutral caretaker mechanism paved the way for prolonged Awami League rule and is central to the current charges.
• Legal analysts view the move as part of the interim Yunus administration’s broader effort to hold Hasina-era officials accountable for protest violence and governance decisions.