[Bangla Daily Star] Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) prepared a list of 54 activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its associated organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir for their arrest in connection with the Rajshahi University violence that killed a worker of Bangladesh Chhatra League.Meanwhile, police arrested at least 33 activists of Jamaat and Shibir from Rajshahi and Satkhira on Sunday night and yesterday during the ongoing drive, which began following the RU violence.
Police are also taking preparation to bring sedition charges against 31 Shibir men who were arrested in Uttara in the capital on February 11.
RMP sources said the list was prepared Sunday night on the basis of information given by the Rajshahi city Jamaat Ameer Ataur Rahman and other Jamaat and Shibir activists, who were taken on a five-day remand on February 12, and the injured RU students.
The names of RU unit Shibir president Shamsul Alam Golap and general secretary Mobarok Hossain are included in the list, which has already been sent to all police stations across the country.
Sources said Motihar and Boalia police arrested 11 activists of Jamaat and Shibir from different parts of Rajshahi city yesterday in connection with the Rajshahi University (RU) violence that killed a worker of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL).
However, the police at the end of five-day remand produced 28 Shibir leaders and activists before the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ruhul Amin.
The court granted another five-day remand for Hasmat Ali Liton, president of Abdul Latif hall unit Shibir, and sent other 27 Shibir men to jail custody.
In Satkhira, police in a drive arrested some 22 workers of Jamaat and Shibir from the town Sunday night.
MA Hashem Khan, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station in Satkhira, told The Daily Star that they raided different hostels and messes in the town and arrested 22 activists. The arrestees were sent to jail hajat.
Police arrested the activists apprehending that they might conduct any subversive activities, the OC said.
In Chittagong, the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Osman Gani yesterday granted a two-day remand against 19 out of 24 Shibir activists who were detained on Chittagong University campus early Saturday.
However, the court rejected the remand prayer against four others when police sought a seven-day remand for 23 of them.
SEDITION CHARGE
Uttara zone deputy commissioner (DC) Nisarul Arif told The Daily Star yesterday they have already found evidences that indicate the Shibir men were involved in anti-state activities.
"We have seized some leaflets, posters and CDs containing provocative statement against the state and the government from their possession", the DC said.
Police will seek permission from the home ministry for filing a sedition case against them, the DC added.
Uttara police said during the three-day remand, the detained Shibir cadres also disclosed different information about their plans and activities.