Student activist detained over the murder of Bangladesh professor
April 24, 2016 15:30
Bangladesh police today detained a student and an alleged activist of an Islamist organisation in connection with the murder of a liberal university professor who was brutally hacked to death by machete-wielding militants.
Hafizur Rahman was detained earlier this morning over the murder of 58-year-old Rajshahi University Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee in Rajshahi city in northwestern Bangladesh yesterday, the latest in a series of similar attacks on intellectuals and bloggers by the dreaded group in the Muslim-majority country.
Rahman, an alleged activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, was detained from a Shibir dominated student mess at Chhoto Bongram, Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Commissioner Md Shamsuddin said.
Hafizur Rahman was detained earlier this morning over the murder of 58-year-old Rajshahi University Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee in Rajshahi city in northwestern Bangladesh yesterday, the latest in a series of similar attacks on intellectuals and bloggers by the dreaded group in the Muslim-majority country.
Rahman, an alleged activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, was detained from a Shibir dominated student mess at Chhoto Bongram, Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Commissioner Md Shamsuddin said.