The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Police picked up two Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists yesterday from Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall of Dhaka University on charges of rioting.

BCL activists Golam Baqui Chowdhury and Ziaul Haque were involved in Thursday's riots in the hall, police alleged.

Three had been reportedly injured on Thursday while the two belligerent BCL factions got into fight. Police retrieved 10 improvised bombs after a search of the hall after the fights.

Rezaul Karim officer-in-charge of Shahbagh police station told The New Nation that Hall residents detained Baqui and Ziaul yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested them and brought them to the police station. They were actively involved in Thursday's brawls.

DU leaders of BCL visited the residential hall after the fights to ascertain the real situation and identified six students including Baqui and Ziaul as troublemakers and gave the names to the hall administration.

DU president of BCL Sheikh Sohel Rana Tipu told the reporters that any attempt at destabilising the campus would be thwarted, irrespective of partisan identities.

Any Chhatra League activist found guilty of breach of discipline will be taken to task by the party, in addition to the punitive measures the hall authorities would deem necessary to take."