A Dhaka court today (October 18) sent Sutrapur Thana Tanti League president Md Abu Sayeed to jail in a case lodged in connection with the murder of student Nadimul Hasan Elem during anti-discrimination student movement.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Bebum Afnan Somi passed the order as police produced Sayeed before the court and pleaded to keep him behind the bars till the end of probe in the case.

Police arrested Md Abu Sayeed from Sutrapur Thana area around 10.15 pm on Thursday.

According to the case statement, protesters brought out procession in support of the anti-discrimination student movement in front of Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College and Kabi Nazrul Government College under Sutrapur Thana in the capital on July 19 last.

All of a sudden, leaders and activists of Awami League and its associate bodies attacked the processions and fired indiscriminate gunshots at the protesters. Shaikh Burhanuddin Post Graduate College student Nadimul Hasan Elem who took part in the procession suffered critical bullet injuries in the attack.

He was rushed to Sir Salimullah Medical College and Hospital, where the on-duty physicians pronounced him dead.

BDST: 1941 HRS, OCT 18, 2024
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