Quota protesters sued over attack on police

A case has been filed with Shahbagh Police Station in Dhaka in connection with the attack on police members during the on-going anti-quota movement of the general students.  

Many unidentified students have been accused in the case. 

Khalilur Rahman, driver of the Transport Division of the Rajarbagh Police Lines, filed the case on Friday night. 

According to the case statement, there was a pre-announced programme of anti-quota student movement on July 11. The unidentified students gathered in front of the Dhaka University Central Library Building and marched towards Shahbagh intersection chanting slogans at 4pm. At one stage, they crossed the intersection and obstructed the police from discharging their duty. They broke the police barricade and pushed the policemen. They also beat up the police members on-duty.

Later, they started moving towards Hotel Intercontinental and climbed on the water cannon and APC 25 parked beside the Bangbandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. They tried to force the water canon driver out of the car. At that time, two SS Stands in front of APC 25, radio antenna on the left side above the bonnet and the looking glass on the left side of the water cannon were broken, causing an estimated loss of five lakh taka. A general diary was filed with Shahbagh Police Station in this connection, the case statement added.

NS/MIT