Hundreds of leader and activists of Muktijoddha Mancha,  a platform claiming to represent freedom fighter-families' interests, shut down the city's Shahbagh intersection on Saturday demanding arrest of Islamist leaders Mufti Syed Mohammad Faizul Karim and Mamunul Haque.

Detectives  detained the general secretary (GS) of Muktijoddho Mancha and its Dhaka University unit GS on Monday, a day after the attack on Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and others allegedly by its activists.

Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak promised to punish attackers who assaulted Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Vice-President Nurul Haque Nur and others.