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11 RU students charged with arson, violence

http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=8498   11 RU students charged with arson, violence   Police yesterday pressed charges against 11 student activists of Rajshahi University (RU) in two cases for arson and damaging properties on the university campus last August. Police also submitted the final report on the killing of rickshaw puller Afzal Hossain during violence on RU campus saying they could not identify the killers. Sub-inspector Rajab Ali of Motihar police station submitted the charge sheet against 10 students in the case filed by sub-inspector Faruk Hossain. The accused are RU Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) General Secretary Ayen Uddin, former RU Samajtantrik Chhatra Front president Sushanta Sinha, BCL members Sumon Kanti Baroi Roni, Sanjidul Ahmed Shyam, SM Kamrul Islam Raihan, Sarder Ayaz, Knondoker Fahim Ahmed Tanmay, Amaullah Roni, Abdullah Al Masud and Anwar Hossain Nipun. The plaintiff filed the case against 2500 people after rickshaw puller Afzal H

Concern over filing of case against RUJ secy

  http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=8541   Concern over filing of case against RUJ secy     Some 50 journalists in a joint statement yesterday expressed concern over the filing of extortion case against fellow journalist and human rights activist Jahangir Alam Aakash. They hoped that police will ensure proper investigation into the case and will not make Aakash a victim of torture during the process of justice. The signatories to the statement included Rajshahi Union of Journalists (RUJ) President Hasan Millat, Toshikul Islam, editor of a local daily Sun Shine, Abdullah Al Mahmud, editor of Upachar, Mahtab Uddin, editor of weekly Gana Khabar, and senior journalists Mustafizur Rahman Khan Alam, Kazi Gias, Shafikul Islam, Saidur Rahman, Abul Kalam Muhammad Azad, Anisuzzaman and Zabid Apu. Aakash, RUJ general secretary and Rajshahi bureau reporter of the Sangbad and recently closed CSB News, was sued for an alleged extortion of Tk 50000. He was granted ad-inter