[Bangla Daily Star] Police arrested 31 more Islami Chhatra Shibir cadres at Rajshahi and Dhaka yesterday raising the total number of Jamaat-Shibir men detained to 364 since the Rajshahi University violence on February 9.Meanwhile, two cases were filed against over 450 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Shibir in connection with their clash with Chhatra League men in Nilphamari Saturday.
Police said a team from Boalia Police Station picked up 13 cadres from Shalbagan area of Rajshahi and Motihar police arrested 10 at different private hostels in Rajshahi. Four cadres were also detained on Rajshahi University campus.
Boalia Police Station Officer-in-Charge Jasim Uddin said they detained the 13 cadres when they were trying to bring out a procession at Shalbagan area around noon.
Motihar Police Station OC Tofazzel Hossain said among the 10 cadres arrested at different dormitories and students' messes, eight are accused in six cases filed in connection with the killing of Bangladesh Chhatra League leader Faruk Hossain and injuring a number of others on February 9.
Our Rajshahi University correspondent reports: Police arrested four suspected Shibir men from the campus area.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police officials said in separate drives yesterday they arrested three Shibir cadres at a mess and another at Mirpur.
Meanwhile, the arrested 24 Shibir cadres, detained on Chittagong University campus Saturday, were shown arrest yesterday in the case filed in connection with the attack on policemen by Jamaat-Shibir men Friday.
Investigation officer of the case Mohiuddin Mahmud, also the OC of Chittagong Police Station, said the 24 arrestees might have taken part in the attack at Jamal Khan Intersection.
"We sought seven days' remand for each of the 24 Shibir men, arrested at different cottages around the university campus, from the court and the hearing on the prayers will be held tomorrow [Monday]," the OC added.
On Friday, Chittagong police arrested 96 Jamaat-Shibir men, including Chittagong city Nayeb-e-Ameer Ahsan Ullah, when they clashed with law enforcers trying to hold demonstration after the killing of Chittagong University student AAM Mahiuddin Masum Thursday night.
In separate drives as part of a countrywide combing operation following violence at Rajshahi University and Chittagong University, law enforcers arrested a number of Shibir cadres from Tangail, Pabna, Chapainawabganj, Nilphamari and Chandpur.
Our correspondent in Nilphamari reports: Two separate cases were filed yesterday against hundreds of leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Shibir in connection with the clashes in Nilphamari Saturday.
Nilphamari Chhatra League unit Vice-President Hossain filed a case with Nilphamari Police Station against 107 identified, including the district Jamaat chief, and over one hundred unknown leaders and activists of Jamaat-Shibir.
Sub-Inspector Moazzem Hossain of the same police station filed another case against 250 people, including 25 named.
Some 25 activists of Jamaat and Shibir were arrested so far after the clashes that ensued when Shibir attacked a Chhatra League procession leaving around 60 people, including 30 Chhatra League men, injured.