Court sent 34 BUET students to jail in Sunamganj

Police on Sunday arrested 34 students, including 24 students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), on the charge of conducting anti-government activities through "jihad" near Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj.

Sunamganj Superintendent of Police Mohammad Ashan Shah told that they arrested the students for their alleged involvement in anti-government conspiracy with Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

The students were produced before the court on Monday afternoon and the court sent them to jail, he added.

Abu Saeed, additional superintendent of police, said 34 people studying in different educational institutions were arrested while on their way to Takerghat tourist area through Natunbazar Patlai river in North Sreepur union of Tahirpur upazila.

He said police came to know from sources that these students were gathering at Tanguar Haor to carry out terrorist activities and anti-government conspiracy. After detaining and interrogating them for 24 hours, a case was filed against them on Monday under various sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act 2009, he added.

"They have been accused of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism and cause harm to public life and properties, as well as carry out anti-government activities through religious jihad," the additional SP said.

Syed Iftekhar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Tahirpur police station, said they had a concrete tip-off that the students are involved in "anti-state" activities.

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