6 'BCL' boys held on charge of snatching
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Six youths, said to be activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), were arrested on charge of snatching valuables from a flower trader on the Dhaka University (DU) campus Saturday, reports UNB.
Five of the arrested were identified as Md Mehrab, Qudrat-e-Khuda, Khan Muhammad Jahid, Ruman Hossain Sunny and Muhammad Zaman of Dhaka University and Anirban of Dhaka College.
Officer in-charge (OC) of Shahbagh police station told the news agency that patrol police caught the BCL activists red-handed in front of the Fine Arts Institute while fleeing after snatching the valuables, including Tk 1,800 in cash and a cell-phone set, from the flower trader at about 4:30am.
When contacted, DU Proctor Dr KM Saiful Islam Khan confirmed the arrest and said, "Legal action should be taken against them, no matter which political party they belonged to."
Five of the arrested were identified as Md Mehrab, Qudrat-e-Khuda, Khan Muhammad Jahid, Ruman Hossain Sunny and Muhammad Zaman of Dhaka University and Anirban of Dhaka College.
Officer in-charge (OC) of Shahbagh police station told the news agency that patrol police caught the BCL activists red-handed in front of the Fine Arts Institute while fleeing after snatching the valuables, including Tk 1,800 in cash and a cell-phone set, from the flower trader at about 4:30am.
When contacted, DU Proctor Dr KM Saiful Islam Khan confirmed the arrest and said, "Legal action should be taken against them, no matter which political party they belonged to."