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JAIL-LEADERS-CHHATRA ADHIKAR
2 chhatra odhikar leaders land in jail for snatching accused from custody
DHAKA, April 8, 2021 (BSS) – A Dhaka court today sent to jail two leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad in a case lodged for snatching accused from police custody.
The two accused are- former president of odhikar parishad’s Dhaka University wing Bin Yamin Mollah and Arefin Hossain.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahinur Rahman passed the order as police produced the duo before the court after end of their two-day remand and pleaded to keep them behind bars till the completion of probe in the case. Defence counsel however, pleaded to set them free on bail.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Moinul Islam on April 5 placed Mollah and Arefin on two-day remand in the case.
Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad brought out a rally in Motijheel area on March 25, protesting the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As police tried to push them away from the road, they locked in a battle with the law enforcers.
Police arrested one Abul Kalam from the scene and took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, for treatment. There leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad again attacked police and snatched the accused from custody.
Sub-inspector Raihan Kabir of Paltan Model Police Station filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station on March 25 against 19.
BSS/ASG/CORR/MHR/FI/1845 hrs