VP Nur sent to jail

A Dhaka court has sent former vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Nurul Haque Nur to jail in a case lodged over vandalising and setting fire to Setu Bhaban in the capital's Banani area on July 18, reports BSS.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shakil Ahammed passed the order on Friday as police produced Nur before the court after end of his five-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind the bars until the end of probe.

The court on July 21 placed Nur, also member-secretary of Gano Adhikar Parishad, on a five-day remand.

Some 250 to 300 people on July 18 stormed into the premises of Setu Bhaban, vandalized many vehicles, and motorbikes, ransacked different sheds and rooms, and later set those on fire. They attacked and beat many employees black and blue.