Police claim to have identified two persons involved in the killing of delivery man Nahid Hossain during clashes between shopkeepers and students of Dhaka College in the New Market area.
One of them has been identified as Kaiyum. The name of the other attacker could not be known immediately.
Both of them are residential students at Dhaka College and supporters of a leader of a now-dissolved committee of Chhatra League’s Dhaka College unit, the Bangla daily Prothom Alo said, quoting a Detective Branch source.
Police were able to identify them through CCTV footage and eyewitness accounts.
Police were also able to identify those on the streets with sharp weapons on Tuesday. They are also students of Dhaka College and involved with Chhatra League.
The traders’ side also wielded sharp weapons during the clashes, a DB officer told the daily Samakal.
DB Ramna Zone Deputy Commissioner HM Ajimul Huq said to Prothom Alo that police have yet to make an arrest over the killing of Nahid. “Everyone is giving different information about those who can be seen in the video footage. Attempts are being made to verify and sort out all information.”
CollectedThe Dhaka-based daily also reported that two other armed men have also been identified. One of them is Shaheen Sadek Mirza, member of the dissolved convening committee, and the other is Chhatra League leader Kauser Hamid.
Citing the DB source, Prothom Alo reported that those from Dhaka College who took part in the clashes with sharp weapons on April 19 are followers of the defunct committee’s joint convener, Samad Azad alias Julfikar, and members, Shafik Ahmed, Jasim Udding and Mirza.
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According to the DB, all four of them were present at the scene and Mirza was seen holding a sharp weapon at the time.
Samad has admitted to being at the spot, but he said he was trying to placate the agitating students, which he allegedly failed to do due to excessive measures taken by police.
DC Ajimul told Samakal: “Multiple teams are working on identifying those involved in the two killings. It is taking some time as there were hundreds on either side [during the clashes]. We are being cautious to ensure that no innocent person faces harassment.”
Another DB officer told the Bangla daily that almost everyone directly involved was wearing helmets, making it tougher to identify them.
Witnesses are being shown stills from video footage and they have identified some people with their body shape, height and clothes, he added.
Abdullah Al Mamun, the owner of a shop at the market, told The Daily Star most people on the students' side were wearing helmets. Many shopkeepers were in helmets as well, he added.
