Case against 14 BCL men dismissed

A Dhaka court yesterday dismissed a case  filed against 14 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League over the recent attacks on Chhatra Odhikar Parishad members at Dhaka University and Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The development came hours after Chhatra Odhikar Parishad President Bin Yamin Mollah lodged the case with the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shafiuddin, bench assistant Gautam Chandra Das told The Daily Star.

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The magistrate dismissed the case as he did not find "any cogent grounds", the bench assistant said.

During the hearing, the magistrate recorded the statement of the complainant.

According to the complaint, at least 13 people were injured when BCL men attacked a rally organised by the Parishad in front of Raju Memorial Sculpture on the DU campus on October 7, marking the third death anniversary of Buet student Abrar Fahad.

A day after the attack, BCL men filed two attempted murder cases against 25 leaders and activists of the Parishad. Twenty-four of the accused later landed in jail.

BCL Organising Secretary Nazim Uddin and activist Aminur Rahman filed the cases with Shahbagh Police Station.

Abrar, a second-year student of electrical and electronics engineering at Buet, was beaten to death by Chhatra League men at the university's Sher-e-Bangla Hall in 2019.