BCL leader Nishi put on 2-day remand

A Dhaka court has granted a two-day remand for Benazir Hossain Nishi, former joint general secretary of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), in a case filed for assaulting students of Dhaka University (DU) during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiak passed the order on Tuesday (January 14) as police produced Nishi before the court with a 10-day remand in the case.

According to the case statements, cadres of Awami League and its front organisations launched an attack on the students on DU premises on July 15, leaving more than 300 students injured.

DU student Arman Hossain filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station on October 28 against 220 people including BCL president Saddam Hossain.