HC asks 7 BCL activists of Eden College unit to surrender

Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Wednesday asked seven members of rebel group of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Eden Mohila College unit to surrender in the trial court concerned in six weeks in a case filed over the clash between the two groups on September 25 this year.
The HC, however, directed the law enforcers not to harass or arrest the seven accused for next six weeks in connection with the case.
The HC bench of Justice Md Salim and Justice Md Zakir Hossain passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the accused seeking anticipatory bail in the case.
Earlier in the day, seven accused, Rupa Rani Dutta, Sheikh Shanjida, Maria, Sharmin Akter alias Sharmin, Monika Talukder alias Monika
Tonchonga Mimi, Mayeda Begum Maya and Tanjila Akter, appeared before the HC bench for anticipatory bail in the case, said their lawyer Mezbah Uddin Sharif.
He said Eden Mohila College’s BCL Joint Secretary Ritu Akter filed the case with Lalbagh Police Station on September 28 against 19 members of its rebel group including the seven accused on charge of beating and attempting to murder opposite group and snatching a gold chain from one of them at the college campus on September 25.