Dhaka University students and teachers on Tuesday protested at the arrest of and torture on Abdul Kadar in police custody.
Teachers, guardians and classmates of Abdul Kadar Sumon, a graduate student of biochemistry at Dhaka University, at a human chain on the campus in the afternoon demanded immediate release of Kadar.
They also alleged that the police had tortured the 'innocent student' brutally.
A Khilgaon police team picked Abdul Kadar, a resident student of Fazlul Haque Hall, on July 15 midnight from in front of the office of the Anti-Corruption Commission at Segun Bagicha in the capital on his way to a relative's house on Dilu Road at Moghbazar.
The police, however, claimed that they had arrested Kadar while he, along with his accomplices, was planning to committee robbery in the Khilgaon area.
The students and teachers demanded immediate release of Kadar and bring the police personnel responsible for the inhuman torture on him to book.
A day after Kadar's arrest, the police filed two cases — one for attempt to commit robbery and the other for possessing lethal weapons illegally. A Dhaka court later remanded him in custody.
Anwar Hossain, a DU biochemistry professor who had met Kadar at the gate of Dhaka Central Jail, alleged that the police had implicated his student in false cases.
Abdul Kadar's sister Jannatul Maowa alleged that the police had arrested her 'innocent' brother while he was going to her maternal aunt's house to meet her.
Abdul Kadar had undergone treatment of sharp cuts in his left calf at Dhaka Medical College Hospital from July 16 to July 19, according to the clearance certificate issued by the hospital.
Sub-inspector Sheikh Mizanur Rahman, investigation officer of both the cases, claimed that a team of police in plain clothes, led by SI Alam Badsha, arrested Abdul Kadar and one of his accomplices while they were planning to commit a robbery.
Source : New Age
