1200 unnamed protesters sued over police-students clash in Shahbagh
Published : 21 Jul 2017, 16:51
Around 1,200 unnamed protesters from seven colleges have been sued in connection with police-student clash in the capital’s Shahbagh intersection on Thursday.
Police as a plaintiff filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station on Friday, said Jafor Ali, Inspector (Investigation) of the police station.
He said: “Police filed the case against the unnamed students for attempting murder, obstructing police duty and vandalizing the vehicles.”
Earlier, three students were injured during a clash with police on Thursday morning while staging a peaceful demonstration at Shahbagh intersection.
Later police detained a total of 13 students in this connection.
A group of students of seven government colleges in Dhaka which have been recently formally affiliated with the Dhaka University staged the demonstration demanding the dates for their pending Master’s and Honour’s exams be announced.
The seven colleges are: Government Titumir College, Dhaka College, Eden Mohila College, Begum Badrunnesa College, Kabi Nazrul Government College, Shaheed Suhrawardy College and Mirpur Bangla College.
Source: dailysun