JU student arrested over BCL leader’s death

Police in a drive arrested arrested a student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) from Gaszipur on Sunday over the murder of former JU student and Chhatra League leader Shamim Ahmed.The arrestee is Md Mahmudul Hasan Rayhan, a 50th batch student of the Department English and a resident student of Sheikh Russel Hall of the university.Ashulia police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abu Bakar Siddique said police arrested Rayhan, the third accused of the case, from the Rajendranagar area of Gazipur. Earlier, Chief Security Officer of the university, Sudipta Shaheen, filed a case with the Ashulia police station on Thursday (September 19) over the

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Md Mahmudul Hasan Rayhan Police in a drive arrested arrested a student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) from Gaszipur on Sunday over the murder of former JU student and Chhatra League leader Shamim Ahmed. The arrestee is Md Mahmudul Hasan Rayhan, a 50th batch student of the Department English and a resident student of Sheikh Russel Hall of the university. Ashulia police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abu Bakar Siddique said police arrested Rayhan, the third accused of the case, from the Rajendranagar area of Gazipur.

According to the case statement, at about 5:50PM on Wednesday (September 18), a group of individuals attacked Shamim Ahmed alias Shamim Molla near the Prantik Gate of JU. The university's proctorial team rescued Shamim, brought him to the proctor’s office and informed the police. But some individuals, without notifying the proctor's office, moved Shamim to the security office.



When the proctor became aware of this, he went there, locked the collapsible gate and dispersed the angry crowd. However, some individuals broke the collapsible gate, entered the establishment and assaulted Shamim once again. The police reached to the spot at around 7:30PM and informed them that multiple cases had been filed against Shamim in the past.

About 30 minutes later, he was turned over to the police. On the way to Ashulia police station, his condition deteriorated and he was taken to Gonoshasthaya Samaj Vittik Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared Shamim dead at around 9PM. NY.