Banned BCL leader Nishi remanded in student assault case
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiak passed the order
A Dhaka court today (14 January) placed Benazir Hossain Nishi, former joint general secretary of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), on a two-day remand in a case lodge for assaulting students of Dhaka University (DU) during the anti-discrimination student movement.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiak passed the order as police produced Nishi before the court and pleaded to place her on a 10-day remand in the case.
According to the case documents, cadres of Awami League and its front organisations launched a vicious attack on the students on DU premises on 15 July. More than 300 students got injured in the attack.
DU student Arman Hossain filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station on 28 October against 220 people including BCL president Saddam Hossain.