Nahid murder: 5 Dhaka College students on 2-day remand

A Dhaka court has placed five Dhaka College students on a two-day remand in a case filed over the murder of Nahid Hasan during the clashes between the students and the traders in the capital’s New Market area.   

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shanta Akter on Thrusday passed the order after police produced them before the court with a seven-day remand prayer. 

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

Earlier in the day, A K M Hafiz Akter, Chief of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), said at a press conference that they arrested the five students.

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.