DHAKA, Oct 24, 2024 (BSS) - Police on Wednesday night arrested central committee vice-president of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) from the city's Paribagh area on charges of attacking on the anti-discrimination student movement at Shahbagh on July 15.

Confirming his arrest, Mohammad Talebur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB) of police said that they arrested Riad, also former general secretary of Bangabandhu Hall unit of the BCL, around 11:30pm on Wednesday.

The arrestee will be produced before the court today in a case filed with Shahbagh Police Station in connection with the attack on the student-people movement at Shahbagh on July 15 last.