An attempt to murder case has been filed with a Dhaka country against 66 people, including president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Saddam Hossain, over an attack on Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders in 2022.
JCD joint general secretary Ariful Islam filed the case with Metropolitan Magistrate Akhteruzzaman on Thursday. The court asked Shahbagh Police Station to lodge the complaint as the First Information Report (FIR) after recording the statement of the complainant.
The other key accused in the case are Dhaka University's former proctor Golam Rabbani, former BCL president Al Nahian Khan Joy, former general secretary of the organisation Lekhok Bhattacharjee, BCL former
leaders Sanjid Chandra Das, Riazul Islam, Monem Shahriar Hasan Moon, Samiuzzaman Sami, Asif Hossain, Rehanul Lovely, Sabbir Hossain, Ariful Islam Arif, Ohidul Islam Akash, Badhan Mia, Azizul Huq, Obaidul Hossain and Solaiman Habib.
According to the case statement, the-then newly formed Sohel-Arif JCD committee members came under attack in front of Sir F Rahman Hall of the Dhaka University on September 27 in 2022 allegedly by BCL men while they were going to meet the then Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University.
Several JCD leaders, including the complainant Ariful Islam, were injured in the attack.