The former private industry affairs adviser Salman F Rahman, ex-ministers Hasanul Haque Inu, Rashed Khan Menon and Kamal Ahmed Majumder were shown arrested in separate cases filed over murder and attempt to murder cases.

The court of metropolitan magistrate Sharifur Rahman on Wednesday passed the order after the investigation officers (IOs) of the concerned cases produced them before court and prayed for showing them arrested in those cases.

Meanwhile, the lawyers of the accused also moved bail petitions before the court but the court ordered to send them to jail rejecting their bail petitions.

According to the court sources, Salman F Rahman was shown arrested in a case filed with New Market police station over an attempt to murder a student Muhammad Shamim who took part in the student movement.

Former state minister Kamal Ahmed Majumder was shown arrested in two separate cases filed with Rampura and Kafrul police stations over deaths of a garment worker Sohan Shah at Rampura and Mahbub Hasan Mamun at Kafrul.

Besides, former information minister and president of Jatiya Somajtantrik Dal Hasanul Haque Inu was shown arrested for his alleged involvement in an attack on a procession of BNP leader Mirza Abbas in 2015 during the campaign of the mayoral election.

Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon was shown arrested for his alleged involvement in an attack on a motorcade of Afroza Abbas at Motijheel on April 28, 2015.