Madrasa student's body found in Padma

Locals recovered the body of a madrasa student from the river Padma in Panchoboti area of Rajshahi city yesterday morning.
The deceased Rashedul Islam, 21, son on Anwarul Haque of Jinnanagar in the city, was a student of Kashemia Islamia Madrasa, said police.
Following the incident, the madrasa students blocked Dhaka-Rajshahi highway on Kedu intersection for half-an-hour.
The demonstrators snatched the body from police and claimed Rashedul drowned in the river as police chased him during the countrywide violence on Friday.
Rashedul's father Anwarul alleged that the police chased him forcing him to jump into the river.
He filed a general diary with Boalia police after his son went missing, he added.
Talking to The Daily Star, Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Commissioner SM Moniruzzaman denied the allegation.
“I am confident that none was forced to jump into the river during police raids following the violence.”
Some Jamaat activists in the area were spreading "propaganda" against the police and instigating the madrasah students, he added.
Meanwhile, Jamaat-Shibir activists and some other Islamist groups vandalised Gonojagoron Moncho and clashed with police, injuring some 50 people in Rajshahi city on Friday.