A case has been filed against 33 people including local Awami League leader Abul Kashem Zihadi in connection with the murders of former Jubo League leader Noman and former Chhatra League leader Rakib. Mahfuzur Rahman, local UP chairman and elder brother of one of the deceased, filed the case against 18 identified and 14-15 unidentified people with Chandraganj Police Station around 1 am on Thursday. Abul Kashem Zihadi, organizing secretary of Chandraganj upazila unit of Awami League was among the accused. No one has been arrested in this connection but a drive is on to arrest the accused. Also read: 2 former Juba and Chhatra League leaders shot dead in Laxmipur On April 25, Abdullah Al Noman, 35, former general secretary of district unit of Jubo League and Rakib Imam, 28, former organising secretary of the district unit of Chhatra League were shot to death allegedly in an attack by their rivals over establishing supremacy in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur.  

Four leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were arrested on Wednesday over attacking two other leaders at a dormitory of Barishal University. The arrestees are- Alim Salehi, Riaj Uddin Molla, Shamim Shikdar and Shiekh Refat Mahmud, students of the university. Barisal Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan said they arrested them after conducting drives at different places in Barishal in early hour of today. Read more: 2 BCL leaders injured in attack by helmet-wearing miscreants at Barishal University dormitory “We are interrogating the arrestees,” he said adding, efforts are on to arrest the others who were involved in the attack. Provost Abu Zafar of Sher-e-Bangla Hall said a group of 10-15 miscreants, wearing helmets, swooped on BCL leader Mohiuddin Ahmed Sifat while he was asleep and stabbed him in the dead of night on Tuesday. Later, they also entered the room of Fahad and stabbed him indiscriminately. Hands of Fahad were broken. Before the attack, the miscreants put the rooms of other students under lock and key from outside. They were taken to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital Tuesday morning. Read more: Barishal University student succumbs to injuries suffered in road crash Some students alleged that Sifat established reign of terror in the area and he had many rivals for these activities. Those who have been arrested are organizing members of university unit BCL. All the victims and accused in the attack are followers of Barishal City Corporation Mayor Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah.

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists of Dhaka University unit beat up some Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists when they attempted to enter the campus around 10 am this morning. The incident took place in front of Sir AF Rahman Hall. Later, the JCD activists were handed over to the Shahbagh police station on “suspicion of sabotage”. Riazul Islam, President of Sir AF Rahman Hall Chhatra League unit, said, “After checking their mobile phones, we were confirmed that they were JCD activists, and we handed them over to the police.” Read more: BNP activists, locals complain of internet service disruption in and around Golapbagh rally venue