Dhaka, May 20 -- Salman F Rahman, a former adviser to Sheikh Hasina, along with ex-ministers Anisul Huq, Dr. Dipu Moni, and Qamrul Islam, have been shown as arrested in several cases related to the anti-discrimination movement in Dhaka.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate MA Azharul Islam granted the petitions on Monday to show them arrested in the respective cases. Earlier, petitions were filed to show former Social Welfare Minister Dipu Moni and former Food Minister Qamrul Islam arrested in the Shahbagh Police Station's Monir murder case, and Salman F Rahman and former Law Minister Anisul Huq in the Kadamtali Police Station's Masud murder case.

They were brought to court from jail that morning for hearings on the petitions. The investigatin...