BCL man held
Police yesterday arrested a student of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), who has been accused of stalking a female student and threatening her after being rejected.
Shaon Ahmed Shuvo, a first-year student of statistics, and an activist of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), was arrested on the campus around 12:00noon, said police.
He and five others, all leaders and activists of BCL, were sued by Umme Habiba Asha, a first-year student of computer science and engineering, on Tuesday.
The others are BRUR BCL President Mehedy Hasan Shishir, General Secretary Mostafa Mahmud Hasan, Senior Vice President Ariful Islam Joy, and activists Adnan Ali and Shamim Ahmed.
Shishir told The Daily Star that they would suspend Shuvo from the organisation.
The victim filed the complaint with Rangpur Kotwali Police Station, saying Shuvo and his followers used to harass her since she had rejected his romantic advances five months ago.
Four days back, Shuvo, the main accused, threatened to throw acid on Asha if she did not accept his proposal, the case statement read.
Asha later informed the matter to Md Ali Raj, vice president of the university unit of BCL, and Hadiuzzaman Hadi, expelled vice president of the unit.
After Raj and his men protested against Shuvo's passing comments to Asha on Monday morning, the six with some others attacked them in the evening, leading to a clash.
Four BCL men were injured during the fighting including Raj and Titas Chandra Roy, joint general secretary of the unit, who protested the harassment.
The four were admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
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