Protest against Mushtaq’s loss of life: 6 activists get bail
A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to six of the seven leftist college student leaders and activists arrested for protesting against the loss of life of writer Mushtaq Ahmed.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury granted the bail buy around 1pm.
The six students are - Md Tamjid Haider, Nozib Amir Chowdhury Joy, Md Akib Ahmed, Arafat Saad, Nazifa Jannat and Joyoti Chakravarty. No bail petition was filed for the seventh accused ASM Tanjimur Rahman.
On February 27, police filed a circumstance against seven people who were arrested from Shahbagh on February 26 for obstructing police from undertaking their duties.
On February 26, at least 35 people were injured in a clash between police and activists of the left-leaning organisations who gathered in Dhaka University area for a torchlight procession.
Their demands include abolition of the Digital Security Act and investigation in to the death of Mushtaq.
Mushtaq’s death in custody
Mushtaq reportedly suffered a good heart attack interior his cell at Kashimpur prison on the night time of Feb 25.
He was taken up to Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed Medical School Medical center where doctors pronounced him dead, Senior Jail Superintendent Md Gias Uddin said.
On March 4 this season, Residence Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told the media that Mushtaq’s death was herbal.
An unnatural death circumstance was filed at Gazipur Metropolitan Police's Sadar Police Station in connection with Mushtaq's death.
The 53-year-old writer, who published the book "Kumir Chaasher Diary" under the pen name Michael Kumir Thakur, was picked up by RAB from his Lalmatia home on May 2, 2020, for allegedly criticising the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
On August 20 last year, he was shifted to Kashimpur prison.
Calls for Mushtaq's launching were widespread and sustained throughout his amount of time in prison. Immediately after his arrest, more than 300 dignitaries in Bangladesh released a joint assertion demanding his release, incorporating cartoonist Ahmed Kishore.
However, his bail applications had been turned down on at least four situations.
