Ten quota-reform activists released from jail

Staff Correspondent: Ten leaders and activists of the quota reform movement, all accused in cases filed with Shahbagh Police Station, have been released from jail.

Those released on Tuesday were accused in various cases over vandalism, assaulting and preventing police from discharging their duties.

Six of the released students, who were vocal under the banner of the Bangladesh General Students' Right Protection Council, are its convener Hasan Al Mamun, joint convener Mojammel Niazi, members Faruk Hossain, Rashed Khan, Moshiur Rahman, and Atikur Rahman, of Dhaka University; Jashim Uddin and Shakhawat of Gazipur National University; and Masud Sardar and Sohel Islam of Rajshahi University and Chittagong University respectively.

They were released from Dhaka Central Jail around 12:00pm, said Mahbubur Rahman.

Earlier on Monday, separate courts granted bail to 34 university students, including now released Rashed Khan, who were accused in separate cases filed over violence during the back-to-back student movements demanding quota reform and safe roads.

risingbd/Dhaka/August 21, 2018/Maksud/A K Azad