5 CU BCL activists, 60 others sued
Police today sued five leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, ruling party’s student front, of Chittagong unit along with 60 anonymous others in an arms case.
The lawsuit was filed after lethal weapons – one shotgun, five cartridges, and 30 other weapons – were seized in last night’s crackdown in the campus’ Shah Amanat Hall following the death of a student in factional clash of the Chhatra League yesterday.
Habibur Rahman, a sub-inspector of Hathazari Police Station, lodged the case over illegal possession of firearms and sharp weapons, reports our Chittagong correspondent.
Among those named is Ashrafuzzaman Asha, cultural secretary of the dissolved Chhatra League unit of the university. The others are: Rubel Dey, Anis, Rashed and Abir. They are all followers of Varsity Group (VEx) with Rubel their leader.
Yesterday, a Sanskrit department student, Taposh Paul, 20, was shot dead and at least four others were wounded in a factional fight of the campus unit BCL.
Police yesterday, raided Shah Jalal and Shah Amanat dormitories and picked up 35 students for questioning into the incident. The weapons were seized then.
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