11 charged with JUST student Riad killing

Police have pressed charges against 11 people, including Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) unit Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) president Subrata Biswas and its general secretary Shamim Hasan, in a case filed in connection with the killing of JUST student Naimul Islam Riad. Inspector of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police Momtazul Haque, also investigation officer of the case, submitted a charge sheet against them to a district court on Monday. Police also appealed for acquitting three people, including district BCL general secretary Anwar Hossain Bipul, from the charges as their involvement with the murder could not be proved. On July 14, 2014, a group of men on 4-5 motorcycles opened fire at Riad, a fourth year student of Environment Science Department of JUST, when he along with his friends was standing in front of the university’s main gate. The attackers also chopped him with sharp weapons, leaving him critically injured. Riad was rushed to Jessore 250-bed General Hospital where he died in the afternoon. On July 15, the victim’s maternal uncle Rafiqul Islam Raju filed a case against 12 named assailants and 2-3 unknown people with Kotwali Police Station. Later, the case was handed over to the CID from police for investigation, according to a news agency.
- biplab