Assault on RMC Teacher
Bail prayers of 5 rejected
A Rajshahi court yesterday rejected the bail prayers of a leader of interns and four leaders and activists of Chhatra League (BCL) unit of Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) in the case for assaulting RMC teacher Dr Nawshad Ali on June 21.
Police arrested Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital's Intern Doctors' Council president Shah Alam Siddiqui Lalon, RMC unit BCL president Sampad Kumar Dutta and BCL activists Sandwip Kumar Moitra, Nahiduzzaman and Nirjhor Mondol following the assault.
The arrestees through their lawyers submitted prayers to the second court of district judge Amirul Islam for bail, said the court officials. They also submitted an affidavit of Dr Nawshad Ali for withdrawing the case.
The court rejected their bail prayers as Dr Nawshad did not turn up at the court in favour of his affidavit, said the sources. Dr Nawshad was not available at his office, residence or over phone to know the reasons for signing the affidavit or remaining absent at court.
Meanwhile, the court granted bail to Lalon, also a former general secretary of RMC BCL in the case for beating up a patient's attendant last month. Khasru Ahmed, uncle of attendant Raihan Rubel, lodged the case with Rajpara police station in the city on May 26.
Organising secretary of the Intern Doctors' Council Shaheen Hossain, who recently visited Lalon at Rajshahi Central Jail along with a team of the council and Lalon's family members alleged that Lalon was severely tortured by police after his arrest.
They demanded better treatment of Lalon.
However, RMC vice principal Dr SR Tafardar told reporters yesterday that Lalon is in good health at the jail.
A tense situation is prevailing at RMC over the arrest of BCL leaders and activists and reported police torture on Lalon, campus sources said.
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