Clash between 2 BCL groups at Eden College: HC orders not to harass or arrest 7 of rebel group

The High Court today (October 12, 2022) directed the law enforcers not to harass or arrest seven members of rebel group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Eden Mohila College for next six weeks in a case filed over the clash between the two groups on September 25.

The HC, however, asked the seven accused to surrender before the trial court concerned in six weeks in connection with the case.

The bench of Justice Md Salim and Justice Md Zakir Hossain passed the orders after hearing a petition filed by the accused seeking anticipatory bail in the case.

Earlier in the day, seven accused-Rupa Rani Dutta, Sheikh Shanjida, Maria, Sharmin Akter alias Sharmin, Monika Talukder alias Monika Tonchonga Mimi, Mayeda Begum Maya and Tanjla Akter-appeared before the HC bench for anticipatory bail in the case, their lawyer Mezba Uddin Sharif told The Daily Star.

He said Eden Mohila College's BCL Joint Secretary Ritu Akter filed the case with Lalbagh Police Station on September 28 against 19 members of its rebel group including the seven accused bail petitions on charge of beating and attempting to murder opposite group and snatching a gold chain from one of them at the college campus on September 25.