Police File Case Against 8,000 Students Over Jatrabari Clash

Police have filed a case against 8,000 unidentified students of different colleges in Jatrabari area of Dhaka for their alleged involvement in carrying out vandalism and thieving of a magazine loaded with bullets.

Police Sub-Inspector AKM Hasan Mahmudul Kabir filed the case with Sutrapur Police Station against the students of Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College, Kabi Nazrul Government College and Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College.

Around 7,000 to 8,000 students of the three colleges staged demonstrations illegally with lather weapons, created riots and vandalised public properties, according to the case statement.

They also stole a magazine loaded with bullets and damaged an APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) used by the on-duty police personnel and damaged it badly during the clashes on Monday, added the case statement.

The unruly students carried out attacks on on-duty police officers and issued them death threats, said the case.