A group of miscreants vandalized police vehicles by throwing bricks fled the scene in Rajshahi’s Mohisbathan area on Wednesday afternoon.
Later, police raided the surrounding area and detained 15 people.
Rajpara police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Rafiqul Haque confirmed the matter.
Police sources said there was information about the anti-quota protesting students holding a rally in front of the Rajshahi court on Wednesday.
For this, security was strengthened in the deputy commissioner's office, court premises and surrounding areas.
At around 3:45pm, a police patrol vehicle was coming through an alley road in the Mohisbathan area. At that time, the miscreants threw brickbats at the car.
No policeman was injured in the incident, but the front window of the car was broken. Police fired sound grenades in self-defense.
Later, additional police arrived and launched an operation to detain the miscreants. As of 4pm, 15 people were detained and taken to the police station.
The OC said: “Security was strengthened in the deputy commissioner's office, court premises and surrounding areas due to the protest. Additional police were deployed there. During that time the miscreants attacked and vandalized the police vehicles. Some 15 people were detained in this connection. Legal action will be taken after verification.”
Meanwhile, police arrested a former student of Rajshahi University (RU) for posting photos and videos of the movement. On Monday, some plainclothes men picked him up from the court station area of the city. Later, police sent him to court in the blast case.
The name of the arrestee is Rashed Rajan. He was preparing for a job after completing his studies from the Urdu department of the university. Rajan was also involved in campus journalism. He worked on Campus Live for five years.
Sheikh Mubarak Parvez, officer-in-charge of Motihar police station, said: “Rashed was arrested by Detective Brach official in an explosives case.”
Mehedi Hasan Munna, coordinator of Anti-Discriminatory Movement, Rajshahi University unit, said: “We strongly condemn his arrest.”
