New Market clash: 5 students of Dhaka College arrested

Detectives have arrested five students of the Dhaka College in a case filed over the murders of two people during the clashes between the students and the traders in the capital’s New Market area.

The arrestees are Abdul Kaiyum of Accounting department, Foysal of Bengali department, Junayed of Islamic History department, Polash and Irfan of Sociology department. 

A K M Hafiz Akter, Chief of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), disclosed this at a press conference at DMP Media Centre on Thursday noon. 

He said five involved with the murders were arrested. They directly took part in the attacks. 

On midnight of April 18, Dhaka College students clashed with the New Market traders and it lasted for around 2:30hours. Later, they again engaged in clash after 10am on April 19.

Two people were killed and more than fifty people also injured in the clashes. 

Later, police filed two cases against 1,200 including traders and students. 

Apart from, Nahid’s father Md Nadim Hossain and Mursalin’s brother Nur Mohammad filed two murder cases with New Market Police Station. Around 1,400 unnamed people were accused in the cases.