2 cases filed over clashes at RUET

Police have filed two cases against Islami Chhatra Shibir activists who clashed with the law enforcers while trying to occupy a residential hall at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET). Motihar Police Station’s Sub Inspector Masudar Rahman filed one of the cases under the Explosives Act and another for attacking the cops. Thirty Shibir activists have been named in the cases, while 10 others have been arrested. Thursday’s clashes ensued after police detained the pro-Jamaat-e-Islami student front’s university unit General Secretary Ahmed Yasir and Organising Secretary Harun-ur Rashid around 11:30am when the Shibir activists tried to thwart a seminar at RUET. Police arrested 11 Shibir men during the clash. At around 5pm, Shibir activists clashed with police when they tried to enter Shaheed Selim Hall by exploding crude bombs. The Shibir men clashed with the cops again later. As tension brewed, the university authorities decided in an emergency meeting to shut down the institution, fearing sabotage, according to bdnews24.com.