Traffic cop files case against JnU students
Alleges that the students tried to kill him
A traffic policeman today filed an assault case against Jagannath University (JnU) students after yesterday’s attack, where he was beaten up for stopping a university bus travelling in the wrong lane.
Traffic Sergeant Kaisar Hamid filed the lawsuit against around 40 anonymous students at Ramna Police Station this afternoon, the station’s Officer-in-Charge Mashiure Rahman told The Daily Star.
Yesterday afternoon, Jagannath University students tried to forcibly drive their bus through the wrong side of road at Banglamotor intersection during heavy traffic hours.
Sergeant Kaisar stopped the bus and faced the heat and aggressiveness of the students. It was at first an altercation which soon turned into a full scale scuffle.
In the case statement, the traffic policeman alleged that the drivers of the bus and students of Jagannath University beat him up with an intention to kill him.
No complaint was filed with any police station initially.