A Dhaka court on Friday sent former vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Nurul Haque Nur to jail in a case filed over vandalising and setting fire to Setu Bhaban in Dhaka on July 18.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shakil Ahammed passed the order as the investigating officer of the case Inspector Abu Said Mia produced him before the court after the end of his five-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind the bars.
Earlier on July 21, the court put Nur, also member-secretary of a new political party, Gano Adhikar Parishad, on five-day remand.
On July 18, around 250-300 miscreants stormed into the premises of Setu Bhaban and carried out massive violences. A total of 32 jeeps, 9 pickups, 7 microbuses, 1 minibus, 5 motorcycles, 1 ambulance in the parking lot of Setu Bhaban were burnt.
Later, a case was filed at Banani Police Station following a complaint lodged by Rabiul Islam, the caretaker of Setu Bhaban.
According to the case statement, it caused a loss of approximately Tk300 crore.
In the same case, the court also remanded Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman and former MP Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho and businessman Rezaul Hasnat David for five days on Thursday.