The accused were produced before a Dhaka court yesterday (12 November), which ordered them to be sent to jail.
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Police have arrested 11 people, including the manager and security personnel of Koyla bar at Concord Tower in Dhanmondi 27, in a case filed over an assault on Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders and activists at the venue.
Two Chhatra League leaders detained during the incident last night (12 November) are also among those arrested, reports Prothom Alo.
The accused were produced before a Dhaka court yesterday (12 November), which ordered them to be sent to jail.
The JCD leaders and activists were assaulted inside and in front of the bar after midnight (12 November).
Motahar Hossain, a former vice-president of JCD’s Dhaka Metropolitan West unit who was among those assaulted, filed the case with Mohammadpur Police Station around noon yesterday.
The case names 19 people, including seven leaders of the banned Chhatra League, and accuses another 30–40 unidentified individuals.
Among those arrested are Tanvir Ahmed Molla alias Raja, 23, joint general secretary of Chhatra League’s Dhaka Metropolitan North unit, and activists Md Suman Mia, 30, and Md Akbar Hossain, 27.
The other arrestees are Koyla bar manager and security personnel Md Jasim Khan, 30, Md Shahadat Islam, 28, Md Rafiqul Islam, 55, Md Zahidul Islam, 23, Shipon, 38, Md Maruf, 36, Md Kayum, 38, and Rakibul Islam, 38.
Md Jewel Rana, additional deputy commissioner of police for the Mohammadpur zone under the Tejgaon Division, told Prothom Alo that 11 people, including three Chhatra League leaders, had been shown arrested in the case and produced before the court.
The court ordered them to be sent to jail after the hearing. Police are conducting drives to arrest the remaining accused, he added.
According to police, the case statement and JCD sources, JCD leaders and activists detained Suman, an employee of a restaurant in the Dhanmondi 27 area, on Wednesday night over allegations that he was involved in Chhatra League politics.
They tried to check his mobile phone and informed the police. At one point, Suman fled to the ground floor of Concord Tower.
There, Koyla bar security personnel asked the JCD activists to release Suman, triggering an argument between the two sides.
A short while later, Raja, joint general secretary of Chhatra League’s Dhaka Metropolitan North unit, arrived at the scene to secure Suman’s release.
When JCD activists tried to detain him as well, he ran into the bar and took shelter inside.
As the JCD activists tried to enter the bar, security personnel obstructed them. At one point, bar employees shut the entrance gate of Concord Tower and severely beat the JCD activists with sticks, iron rods and hockey sticks.
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