Court Correspondent :
Thirty-two leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, including its Vice-President Tilottama Sikder, were sued yesterday on the charge of attacking Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal men in High Court area in the capital on May 26.
Mansura Alam, a member of Dhaka University JCD convening committee, filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanto Islam Mallik on Sunday, Abul Kalam Khan, complainant’s lawyer, told the media.
Recording the complainant’s statement, the court directed the Officer-in-Charge of Shahbagh Police Station to begin investigation and submit the probe report in the court
by June 26. Attempted murder charges have also been brought in the case against the accused people, the lawyer added.
According to the case documents, BCL men on Thursday (May 26) attacked JCD men with machetes, sticks and other local weapons while they were trying to enter into the Dhaka University campus from High Court intersection for holding their schedule programme.
Talking to the media, Shahbagh Police Station OC Moudut Hawlader said, “We are not informed about the case. However, after getting the court’s order, we will investigate it.”
