Islami Chhatra Shibir men, who have been detained on charge of killing a Rajshahi University student, are delivering statements "spontaneously" about the involvement of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haq Tuku said yesterday.

"The detained Shibir men are speaking 'spontaneously' on the involvement of Jamaat leaders in the killing of a Rajshahi University student," he said adding that the Shibir men are not being forced to make the statements as claimed by Jamaat leaders.

Talking to The Daily Star, Tuku said the law enforcement agencies are examining the statements and if the allegations are found to be true, the involved Jamaat leaders would be brought to book.

The law enforcement agencies are keeping constant watch on the Jamaat leaders whose names came up in the statements of Shibir leaders, a top home ministry official said adding that they might face arrest anytime on instructions of the government high-ups.

Ekram Hossain, a top RU Shibir leader and accused of murdering the RU student Faruk Hossain, linked key central leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and Shibir with the killing during interrogation by Rab.

Ekram recently told a press briefing that prior to the attack on February 9, RU Shibir unit president Shamsul Alam Golap was in constant contact with the key Jamaat leaders and Shibir central president Rezaul Karim.

The Jamaat leaders involved include Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid and Maulana Delwar Hossain Sayeedi.