A petition was filed with a Dhaka Court seeking its permission to file a case against 14 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in connection with the attack on Chhatra Odhikar Parishad activists on October 7.

President of Chhatra Odhikar Parishad Bin Yeamin Molla filed the petition with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin.

The court also recorded the statement of the plaintiff and it will pass an order later, said bench assistant of the court Goutam Chandra Das.

The 14 BCL leaders and activists are Mahbub Khan, Aminur Rahman, Nazim Uddin, Foysal Mahmud, Rafiqul Islam, Shakil Mia, Tanvir Hasan, Rony Muhammad, Rahim Sarkar, Kamal Uddin, Rubel Hossain, Nahid Hasan, Kazi Ibrahim and Arif Shahrier.

At least 12 people were hurt as BCL members "swooped" on a rally brought out by COP inside the Dhaka University campus on October 7 in memory of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad.

Police detained 24 students, including 22 Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad activists, from in front of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital following the clash.

Later, the students were shown arrested after a BCL activist lodged a complaint with Shahbagh Police accusing the Chhatra Odhikar Parishad activists of creating unrest and attacking BCL members.

Abrar, a second-year student of electrical and electronic engineering at Buet died on October 7, 2019, after he was mercilessly beaten up by the university's Chhatra League members over his Facebook post criticising the Bangladesh government's deals with India.

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