Anti-discrimination movement convener gets bail hours after arrest

SYLHET, Mar 23 (UNB): A Sylhet court on Sunday granted bail to Akhter Hossain, a convener of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, who was arrested in connection with a clash during an Iftar Mahfil organised by the National Citizen Party (NCP) in Sylhet city.

Judge of the Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court-2, Sagir Ahmed passed the order. Akhter was produced before the court in the afternoon. Akhter was arrested from the Ausha area under Sylhet's Jalalabad area, said Shahporan Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Monir Hossain.

According to the OC, Mahbubur Rahman Shanto, a private university student, who was injured during the clash at a convention hall in Sylhet city, filed a case.

Akhter is the third accused in the case, said the OC.

Sylhet city unit NCP organised an iftar party at the Convention Hall in Sylhet city on Saturday.