RAJSHAHI, Apr 03(BSS): Police have arrested a man in a case filed for killing protester Saquib Anjum during the Anti-discrimination Students Movement in the district on August 5, 2024.
Police said the arrestee is Nayan Islam (32), son of Abdul Mannan of Bosepara area under Boalia Model Police Station in the metropolitan city.
On a tip-off, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police
(RMP) conducted a raid at his residence in the Bosepara area in the city on Wednesday
night and arrested him.
Saquib Anjum (27), a potential youth, went out of his house in the Talaimary area in the morning on August 5 with a hope of returning to his family with a new message of ending 16 year-long fascist regime.
But the shocking matter was that Anjum could not enjoy the victory as he was shot dead during the student-led mass uprising.
Saquib Anjum, who completed the post-graduation degree on Computer Science and Engineering at Varendra University, was always vocal against injustice since the very beginning of his life.
He was an active participant in the anti-quota student movement in 2018.
Therefore, when the students waged the anti-discrimination student movement this year, he actively joined the protest.
On October 16 last, Anjum's body was exhumed after 72 days of burial as per the directives of court as the body was buried without post mortem due to lack of doctor and police just after the mass upsurge on August 5, 2024.
Investigation Officer (IO) Moshiar Rahman said father of the deceased Mainul Haque lodged a case with Boalia Model Police Station against 342 people, including former Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) AHM
Khairuzzaman Liton and city unit General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League
(AL) Dablu Sarker.
He said some of the accused of the case including Dablu Sarker and Juba
League leader Jahirul Islam Rubel, were arrested earlier.
