Police arrests 2 DU students on assault charges
Police arrested two members of "Proloy Gang", a group based at Dhaka University, yesterday for allegedly assaulting a fellow student on campus on Saturday evening.
The arrestees -- Naimur Rahman Durjoy and Faysal Ahmed Sakib -- were sent to jail after being charged by victim Zubaer Ibne Humayun's mother, who filed a case against 19 university students with Shahbagh Police Station on Sunday night.
Zubaer, a criminology department student and leader of the social science faculty's BCL unit, was reportedly beaten by the gang members.
Witnesses said the incident began when a speeding car splashed muddy water on Zubaer and his friends near the faculty building on Saturday evening. After chasing down the car near Tin Netar Mazar area for an explanation, a quarrel ensued with those inside the car.
About an hour later, Zubaer received a phone call asking him to come to the Kabi Jasimuddin Hall area. When he arrived, a group of around 15 students, some of whom are also BCL activists, allegedly attacked him with sticks, cricket stumps, and leather belts.
The incident was condemned by a group of teachers and students from the criminology department who demanded justice for Zubaer, standing in solidarity with him at the base of Raju Memorial Sculpture yesterday.
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