Violence around CU: Banned BCL men among 1,095 sued

Chittagong University authorities yesterday lodged a case
accusing 1,095 people, including activists of the banned Chhatra League, over a clash between students and villagers, which
left at least 240 injured on August 31.
Abdur
Rahim, Deputy Registrar (security) of the CU, filed the case with the Hathazari
Police Station naming 95 accused, said Abu Mohammed Kawsar Hossain,
officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station.
Apart from that, the CU security department lodged a general
diary (GD) with the police station in connection with looting sharp weapons,
which were seized from different halls after August 5 last year, from its
security lockers during the violence.
Apart from
them, 800-1,000 unidentified people were also accused, the OC said.
He said, "The university administration lodged case of
attempted murder ... Police registered the case and have started an
investigation. However, no one has been arrested in this connection so
far."
The OC
declined to disclose the political affiliation of the accused, but campus and
police sources said names of local Jubo League and BCL leaders and activists
were mentioned in the FIR.
CU Gate No
1 area's Jubo League leader Md Hanif, 40, and his three brothers -- Iqbal,
Rezaul, and Sarwar -- who are also affiliated with BCL and AL, were named in
the FIR, they said.
Hanif and
his brothers used to control the broadband internet business in the university
area until October last year.
Another
FIR accused, Suman Mamun, is a former BCL leader of CU, said campus sources.
At least
240 people were injured during two rounds of clashes between villagers and the
students. The violence was sparked by an alleged assault on a female student
Saturday night and flared on Sunday.
In total,
14 students are undergoing treatment in three hospitals in the port city. Of
them, two students are in the ICU.
















