Court rejects bail of 12 pvt varsity students

Staff Correspondent: A court in Dhaka rejected bail petitions of 12 private university students in two cases filed over vandalism and attacks on police during the countrywide student movement demanding road safety.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Laskar Shohel Rana passed the order on Thursday after hearing the bail petitions of 12 students.

The 12 students are - Shakhawat Hossain Nijhum, Shihab Shahriar, Saber Ahmed Ullas, Ajijul Karim Antar, Rashedul Islam, Md Hasan, Mushfikur Rahman, Redwan Ahmed, Reza Refat Ahmed, Shimanta Sarker, Iftekher Hossain and Masad Mortuza Bin Ahad.

Twenty-two students of seven private universities, who were arrested on the charges in two cases filed with Badda and Bhatara police stations, have been denied bail by courts in two phases.

Earlier, the students appealed together for bail on August 7 and 9, but their petitions were rejected and sent to jail on the completion of their 2-day remand in the cases.

Four of them sought bail again on Sunday and eight others on Monday, but their prayers were also turned down.

The arrested students belong to East West, North South, Southeast, Brac, Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB), International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) and Asian University of Bangladesh.

The students of the seven private universities were arrested on August 6 following clashes between students and police aided by alleged ruling party men in Bashundhara Residential and Bhatara areas.


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