4 sent to jail on surrender

A Dhaka court yesterday sent four Bangladesh Chhatra League activists to jail after their surrender before it in connection with the murder of Jahangirnagar University student Zubair Ahmed.
The four -- Najmul Hossain Plabon, Kamruzzaman Sohag, Mazharul Islam and Mahamudul Hasan Masud -- are suspended students of JU and had been absconding to evade arrest.
They are among the 13 accused in Zubair murder case filed with Ashulia Police Station.
Judicial Magistrate Washim Shiekh of the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court passed the order after rejecting their bail prayers.
An activist of a BCL faction, Zubair was an honours final year student at English department of the university. On January 8, members of a fellow BCL faction brutally tortured and stabbed him on the campus over previous enmity.
He succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in the capital the following day.
On January 30, the university authorities suspended the accused from the institution. All of them are members of BCL -- the pro-Awami League student wing.
Four other accused -- Khandaker Ashikul Islam, Zahid Hasan, Mahabub Akram, and Najmus Sakib Topu -- were arrested earlier and are now in jail.
Khan Mohammad Rais, Rashidul Islam, Ishtiaq Mehbub, Shafiul Alam Setu and Abhinandon Kundu, the remaining accused, have been on the run.
Zubair's friends said he was loyal to Shafin-Sammo group of BCL. The group was ousted from the campus in August 2010 following a fierce clash with its rival faction.
The victim came under attack when he went to the campus to take an examination.