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RAJSHAHI, April 3, 2025 (BSS)- One of the accused in the killing case of Saquib Anjum, who was killed during the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement here on August 5, 2024 has been arrested from Bosepara area in the city last night.
Police said the arrestee has been identified as Nayan Islam, 32, son of late Abdul Mannan of Bosepara area under Boalia Model Police Station in the metropolis.
On a tip-off, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) conducted a raid at his residence and arrested him.
Saquib Anjum, 27, a potential youth, went out of his house in Talaimary area here in the morning on August 5 with a hope of returning to his family with a new message of ending 16 year-long fascist regime.
But the shocking matter was that Anjum could not enjoy the victory as he was shot dead during the student-led mass uprising.
Saquib Anjum, who recently completed the post-graduation degree on Computer Science and Engineering at Varendra University here, was always vocal against injustice since the very beginning of his life.
He was an active participant in the anti-quota student movement in 2018. Therefore, when the students waged the anti-discrimination student movement this year, he actively joined the protest.
On October 16 last, Anjum's body was exhumed after 72 days of burial as per the directives of court as the body was buried without post mortem due to lack of doctor and police just after the mass upsurge on August 5, 2024.
Investigation Officer (IO) Moshiar Rahman told BSS that father of the deceased Mainul Haque lodged a case with Boalia Model Police Station against 342 people, including former Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) AHM Khairuzzaman Liton and city unit General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) Dablu Sarker.
He said some of the accused of the case including Dablu Sarker and Juba League leader Jahirul Islam Rubel, were arrested earlier.
