Case filed against 8,000 over college students' clash: Police

A case has been filed alleging that on Monday, 7,000-8,000 students from Dr Mahbubur Rahman Molla College and other colleges assembled, forming a violent mob with deadly weapons and vandalizing public property.

On Monday, the case’s First Information Report (FIR) was submitted to the court.

Dhaka's Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Ziadur Rahman, accepted it and instructed a report to be submitted by December 24.

Sub-Inspector Anup Das of the General Registration (GR) branch at Sutrapur police station confirmed the information.

Students allegedly stole a loaded magazine from a government firearm (pistol), damaged a government APC (Armored Personnel Carrier), and attacked police officers, threatening their lives and creating terror through subversive actions.

The case also mentions damage to police vehicles, including an APC and motorcycles, totalling a loss of Tk270,000.