The New Nation - Internet Edition

Court Correspondent

Four madrasa students arrested Tuesday on charge of alleged unauthorised entrance into Dhaka University Vice Chancellor's office and ransacking of window glasses and attempt to set on fire the vehicles, were yesterday freed on bail.

Advocates Md Abdur Razzaque and others moved the cases filed against Dhaka Alia Madrasa student Md Mazharul Haque Harun and Mezbaul Ulum Kamil Madrasa students-Md Mostafa Kamal, Md Golam Mostafa and Solaiman under Code of Criminal Procedure (CPC). Metropolitan Magistrate Sayeda Minhaj-um-Muneera granted them bail on a bond of Taka 10,000 each, as the charge brought against the students are bailable.

Besides them, nine other madrasa students were also arrested Tuesday on charge of trying to form a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the city. They are students of Tamirul Millat Kamil Madrasa.

The students tried to form the human chain demanding cancellation of the provisions recently made about admission into Dhaka University (DU).

The university authorities introduced new criteria about admission into seven departments for which students who have passed Alim examinations under Madrasa Education Board do not qualify to seek admission into some departments of DU.

On Tuesday, madrasa students held a rally on DU campus demanding removal of the DU VC Professor SMA Faiz and accused him of being involved in a conspiracy not to allow Madrasa students into seven DU departments.