The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has detained five former students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) and will turn them over to the Sylhet police
Sylhet Metropolitan Police Commissioner Nisharul Arif told Dhaka Tribune on Tuesday that they alumni were held from different parts in Dhaka on charges of aiding the protesters.
"The CID has informed us about the detentions. They are on their way to Sylhet. The next steps will be taken after their arrival," he said.
The CID will turn them over to the Jalalabad police station in Sylhet, according to the senior police official
Combination Photo Shows Habibur Rahman Swapan And Reza Nur Muin Deep, Two Of The Former Sust Students Allegedly Detained By The CID Bangla TribuneThe identities of the two others are yet to be confirmed.
Shah Razi Siddiqui, a friend of Habibur, told Bangla Tribune on Tuesday that Habibur had sent Tk1,000 to the demonstrators at Sust, and a CID team detained him and Swapan to interrogate them.
Meanwhile, Dwip’s wife Nodi said she came to know about her husband’s detention by the CID but could not learn his whereabouts even after going to the CID headquarters in Malibagh on Monday.
No comments from CID officials were available.
VC still stuck inside Residence
Protesters on Tuesday continued to block entry to Sust VC Prof Farid Uddin Ahmed’s residence to everyone but police and reporters.
Some teachers, including Sust Teachers' Association President Tulsi Kumar Das, went to the VC’s residence with food at around 1:15am but were obstructed by the demonstrating students there.
Several teachers wanted to enter the VC’s home with foodstuffs on Monday evening as well, but were stopped by the protesters, increasing tensions between teachers and students of the university.
Twenty-four students had gone on a hunger strike demanding the resignation of the Sust vice chancellor. One of them had to break the fast due to personal reasons but five more joined the cause on Sunday.
Sust students have been holding protests since January 13, initially only demanding the resignation of Zafrin Ahmed, provost of Begum Sirajunnesa Chowdhury Hall.
Zafrin, who had been accused of misbehaving with some students, later resigned from her post, citing health issues in the face of protests. Her removal as provost of the residential hall for female students was one of the principal demands of the students protesting on the campus.
However, the students carried on with their protests after police charged batons and fired rubber bullets at them on January 16.
