A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to six of the seven leftist student leaders and activists arrested for protesting against the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed.

The death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in prison was a natural one, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the killing of writer Mushtaq Ahmed was “carried out by the state”.

UN's top human rights official Michelle Bachelet has called for transparent investigation into the death in custody of a writer in Bangladesh and review of the Digital Security Act, under which he was charged.

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Sunday called upon the country’s people to be vocal in demanding the annulment of the Digital Security Act.

Police have arrested a leader Khulna Sramik, Krishak, Chhatra-Janata Oikya Parishad ‘for his Facebook post condemning the custodial death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed’.

Left-leaning student bodies, including Bangladesh Chhatra Front, Chhatra Federation and Bangladesh Students Rights Protection Council, on Saturday staged demonstrations on the Dhaka University campus protesting the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed under police custody.