The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Rajshahi

A speedy trial court here will deliver today the verdict in a case against 14 persons, including two teachers of Rajshahi University, accused of torching a vehicle belonging to an intelligence agency on the campus.

According to the FIR, some protesters clashed with members of the law enforcement agencies during violence that broke out on the campus on August 22 and at one stage the vehicle was set ablaze.

A case, filed with the Motihar police station on August 23, held the two teachers and four students of the university responsible for the act of arson.

On September 1, sub-inspector Mokhtar Hossain, the investigation officer, submitted charge sheet against 14 persons.

Of them, Prof Golam Sabbir Satter Tapu, Prof Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan Sajal, Senior Information Officer Sadequl Islam and an employee of the university, Ataur Rahman Ata, are in jail custody.