Staff Reporter :
Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court on Friday granted bail to the 42 HSC examinees arrested by police during different times amid the quota reform protests.
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) candidates from around a hundred colleges across Bangladesh announced on Wednesday their decision to boycott exams until all people arrested in connection with the quota reform protests were released.
The boycott statement was initiated by students of Notre Dame College and quickly echoed by numerous prestigious institutions, including Viqarunnisa Noon College, Holy Cross College, Dhaka Residential Model College, Ideal School and College, Rajuk Uttara Model College, BAF Shaheen College, Adamjee Cantonment College, Dhaka College, Government Science College, Milestone College, and many more.
Students from other educational institutions across the country have also joined the boycott.
Meanwhile, another five examinees’ bail pleas are underway at the Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate court, sources said.
UNB adds: Two Dhaka courts on Friday granted bail to forty two HSC examinees who were in custody in cases filed in several police stations in the capital centring clashes over quota movement.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Rashidul Alam granted bail to 37 students while Chief Judicial Magistrate Mustafizur Rahman granted bail to 5 students, said Rezaul Karim, public relations officer of the Ministry of Law.
However, the identity of the students could not be known immediately.
A number of cases have been filed across Bangladesh accusing thousands of people over violence, arson and vandalism during the protests.
Police also arrested many students in connection with the movement.
Students and people from several platforms are pressing for the release of those detained during and after the quota reform protest.