Police on Saturday arrested a former central leader of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), a student wing of the Awami League, from the city's Sutrapur Thana area, on charges on opening indiscriminate fire at the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, killing two students. The arrested was Azharul Haque, former deputy literature affairs secretary of the central BCL. Police arrested Azaharul from Sutrapur Thana area around 6:50pm on Saturday as he was accused in the case filed over killings two students of Kabi Nazrul Government College, Dhaka and Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College, Dhaka Ekram Hossain Kawser and Omar Faruk respectively, a said police press release. The victims took part in the student-people movement in front of their colleges on July 19 when leaders and activists of the Awami League, its associate bodies including the BCL allegedly swopped on then with firearms and opened indiscriminate fire at the protesters. Both the students suffered critical bullet wounds during the attacks and Ekram Hossain died on the spot while Omar Faruk was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where the attending physicians pronounced him dead. A murder case was filed with Sutrapur Police Station on August 20 last in this regard. Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
