‘Joy Bangla’ Slogan Protest: Former Chhatra League Leader Nodi and Three Others Remanded

Staff Correspondent

Police have secured two days of remand for questioning Nishita Iqbal Nodi, a former vice-president of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), along with three others, for organizing a protest march with the slogan “Joy Bangla.” The remanded individuals include Alfath Ara Kajol, a former joint general secretary of Dhaka University’s Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall, Shovon Majumder, a BCL activist from AIUB University, and Hasan Iman Shovon, a former BCL activist from Jahangirnagar University.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan issued the order on Sunday.

The investigation officer of the case, Sub-Inspector Tarek Mohammad Masum of Kalabagan Police Station, presented the four before the court and sought a seven-day remand. Prosecutor Omar Faruk Faruki argued in favor of the remand, while the defense lawyer, Farzana Yasmin Rakhi, sought bail and the cancellation of the remand application. After hearing arguments from both sides, the court granted a two-day remand.

On Saturday night, Detective Branch (DB) Additional Commissioner Rezaul Karim Mallik confirmed the arrest of Nishita Iqbal Nodi from Dhaka’s Bashundhara residential area.

Under pressure from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, which is calling for the ouster of the Awami League-led government, the interim administration banned the Bangladesh Chhatra League on October 23, accusing the organization of involvement in “terrorist activities.”