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14 identified, 8 detained after lawyer's death in clash over sending Chinmoy to jail
Analysing video footage, the police have detained eight individuals among 14 people identified so far over the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif on a Chattogram court premises on Tuesday.
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14 identified, 8 detained after lawyer's death in clash over sending Chinmoy to jail
Staff Correspondent . Chattagram 29 November, 2024, 00:26
IIUC-DC Alumni Association forms a human chain, protesting at the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif, in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Thursday. | Focus Bangla photo
Analysing video footage, the police have detained eight individuals among 14 people identified so far over the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif on a Chattogram court premises on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, 27 other individuals were sent to jail over obstructing the on-duty police and vandalising public properties on the court premises during the clashes with the members of law enforcement agencies over the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, leader of an organisation of the Hindus.
Confirming the matter, Chattogram Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner for crime Roish Uddin on Thursday said that they had detained and arrested 35 people so far in connection with the attacks on law enforcers and subsequent clashes amid protests in different areas.
‘The family is yet to file the murder case but filing of a case was underway,’ he added.
The identities of the 14 identified in the killing are Rajib Bhattacharya, Rumit Das, Sumit Das, Gagan Das, Nayan Das, Vishal Das, Aman Das, Manu Methor, Bikash Das, Arjun Das, Bikash Das, Shuvo Kanti Das, Krishna Das, and Bunja Methor, according to CMP additional deputy commissioner for media Kazi Md Tarek Aziz.
Following the incident, BGC Trust University authorities have temporarily expelled its fourth-semester law student Shuvo Kanti Das.
‘On Tuesday night, 30 individuals were detained during a raid in connection with the attack on the police. After verification, three were released, while the rest were sent to jail through the court,’ said DC crime Roish, adding that eight new suspects were detained after conducting raids from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
The Chattogram District Bar Association, meanwhile, observed a strike for the second consecutive day on Thursday, demanding justice for the slain lawyer.
About 1:00pm Thursday, a lawyers’ procession marched through the court premises, demanding a ban on International Society for Krishna Consciousness, widely known as ISKCON, for its alleged involvement in Alif’s killing.
The lawyers also chanted slogans accusing the organisation of extremism.
At a press conference on Thursday in Dhaka city, the ISKCON claimed that the organisation was not involved in the protests staged for the release of its former leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and said that it was not liable for his offences.
The spokesperson of Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, a platform of the Hindu community, Chinmoy, also a former ISKCON leader, was arrested from the capital’s Hazarat Shahjalal International Airport area on Monday afternoon and was sent to Chattogram jail on Tuesday in a sedition case filed by a Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader in Chattogram, Firoz Khan, with the Kotowali police on October 30.
‘The video and photos that went viral on social media show that a group of youths hacked the lawyer with locally-made sharp weapons,’ CMP ADC Tarek said, adding that the arrests were made based on these materials.
Jahangirnagar Cultural Alliance, a platform of some 15 cultural organisations of Jahangirnagar University, on Thursday demanded justice for Alif’s killing, the New Age university correspondent reported.
The leaders and activists of the alliance staged a human chain on the road adjacent to the university’s Central Shaheed Minar to press home their demand.
The speakers at the human chain also protested communal violence following the provocation of vested quarters across Bangladesh.
In Shariatpur district town on Thursday, different Islamist parties brought out a procession protesting at the killing, New Age correspondent in Shariatpur reported.
Staff Correspondent . Chattagram 29 November, 2024, 00:26
IIUC-DC Alumni Association forms a human chain, protesting at the killing of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif, in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Thursday. | Focus Bangla photo
Analysing video footage, the police have detained eight individuals among 14 people identified so far over the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif on a Chattogram court premises on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, 27 other individuals were sent to jail over obstructing the on-duty police and vandalising public properties on the court premises during the clashes with the members of law enforcement agencies over the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, leader of an organisation of the Hindus.
Confirming the matter, Chattogram Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner for crime Roish Uddin on Thursday said that they had detained and arrested 35 people so far in connection with the attacks on law enforcers and subsequent clashes amid protests in different areas.
‘The family is yet to file the murder case but filing of a case was underway,’ he added.
The identities of the 14 identified in the killing are Rajib Bhattacharya, Rumit Das, Sumit Das, Gagan Das, Nayan Das, Vishal Das, Aman Das, Manu Methor, Bikash Das, Arjun Das, Bikash Das, Shuvo Kanti Das, Krishna Das, and Bunja Methor, according to CMP additional deputy commissioner for media Kazi Md Tarek Aziz.
Following the incident, BGC Trust University authorities have temporarily expelled its fourth-semester law student Shuvo Kanti Das.
‘On Tuesday night, 30 individuals were detained during a raid in connection with the attack on the police. After verification, three were released, while the rest were sent to jail through the court,’ said DC crime Roish, adding that eight new suspects were detained after conducting raids from Wednesday night to Thursday morning.
The Chattogram District Bar Association, meanwhile, observed a strike for the second consecutive day on Thursday, demanding justice for the slain lawyer.
About 1:00pm Thursday, a lawyers’ procession marched through the court premises, demanding a ban on International Society for Krishna Consciousness, widely known as ISKCON, for its alleged involvement in Alif’s killing.
The lawyers also chanted slogans accusing the organisation of extremism.
At a press conference on Thursday in Dhaka city, the ISKCON claimed that the organisation was not involved in the protests staged for the release of its former leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and said that it was not liable for his offences.
The spokesperson of Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, a platform of the Hindu community, Chinmoy, also a former ISKCON leader, was arrested from the capital’s Hazarat Shahjalal International Airport area on Monday afternoon and was sent to Chattogram jail on Tuesday in a sedition case filed by a Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader in Chattogram, Firoz Khan, with the Kotowali police on October 30.
‘The video and photos that went viral on social media show that a group of youths hacked the lawyer with locally-made sharp weapons,’ CMP ADC Tarek said, adding that the arrests were made based on these materials.
Jahangirnagar Cultural Alliance, a platform of some 15 cultural organisations of Jahangirnagar University, on Thursday demanded justice for Alif’s killing, the New Age university correspondent reported.
The leaders and activists of the alliance staged a human chain on the road adjacent to the university’s Central Shaheed Minar to press home their demand.
The speakers at the human chain also protested communal violence following the provocation of vested quarters across Bangladesh.
In Shariatpur district town on Thursday, different Islamist parties brought out a procession protesting at the killing, New Age correspondent in Shariatpur reported.
