Police have sought a seven-day remand for five Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists who were arrested in the case filed over the sexual harassment of a female student at Chittagong University (CU).
The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Azim, 23, a second-year student of the History Department of CU, Nurul Absar alias Babu, 22, a second-year student in Anthropology Department of CU, Nur Hossain alias Shaon, 22, a first-year student of Hathazari Government College, Masud Rana alias Masud, 22 and Saiful Islam a second-year student of the same college.
Police sought seven days remand for questioning the five people arrested in the sexual harassment case, said Ruhul Amin Sabuj, officer-in-charge (OC) of Hathajari Model police station.
"We will interrogate them after receiving the court order," the OC added.
On July 17, a female student was physically assaulted by five youths while she was going to the Botanical Garden from Pritilata Hall of the campus with her friend around 10pm.
The goons also captured the incident on video and threatened to make it viral. Later, they fled with the mobile phones and wallets of the two students.
A five-member body was formed to investigate the assault after the female student filed a written complaint to the proctor.
A case was also filed under the Women and Children Repression Act accusing five people.
On July 19, after the university authorities set the time limit for female students to enter the residential hall before 10pm after the incident students started a movement against the decision.
Since hundreds of CU students have been staging protests, holding human chains every day on the campus demanding justice for the female student who was allegedly harassed.