A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Thursday placed bullet-injured college student Md Shihab Hossain who was earlier arrested at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital gate on three-day remand in a case filed with the Shahbagh police station on charges of violence.
Shihab, who is an examinee of the ongoing Higher Secondary Certificate examinations from Government Kabi Nazrul College, sustained bullet injury while he was returning home at Matuail after buying essentials from the shops, during a clash between protesters and police in the Jatrabari area, said Liakat Ali, one of the uncles of Shihab.
‘After two-three days of treatment, he was released from the hospital yesterday [Wednesday] though he was ill,’ Liakat said, adding that police arrested him at the gate of the DMCH while he was leaving the hospital.
‘The doctor has said that if he doesn’t take regular medicines and rest, he may face death if he gets a chest infection. But the police have arrested him though my nephew is not involved in vandalism,’ he said.
Fazar Ali, Shihab’s another uncle, said, ‘Shihab was not involved with any political parties, but police arrested my innocent nephew.’
He also said, ‘Our lawyer, Ashraf Hossain, tried to submit a bail petition with the documents of his exams and medical reports, but his application was not received by the authorities.’
Contacted, CMM court’s general recording officer for Shahbagh police station sub-inspector Nizam Uddin Fakir told New Age, ‘Shishib Hossain was placed on three-day remand in a violence case.’
When asked about his injury, Nizam said that medicines would be provided to him properly as per rules.
Liakat, a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver by profession, who came to the court along with his two more brothers, came to the court to see Shihab.
Liakat said, ‘Shihab is the only child of my brother Sohrab Hossain.’
‘Shihab’s father is a physically challenged person, and he could not go outside home for work due to his illness. Shihab’s mother is a housewife and their family is facing financial hardship,’ he added.
‘Shihab used to contribute to running his family through his small earnings coming from teaching students and working as an electrician. We also used to help them as per our capacity,’ he said, adding, ‘I do not know how the family will be maintained.’
A large number of relatives of the arrested were seen crowding the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court premises to catch a glimpse of their arrested loved ones on Thursday from morning to dusk.
Some of the relatives were seen crying on the footpath in front of the CMM court.
Fatema Aktar along with his elder daughter was seen crying in front of the CMM court at 2:30pm.
Fatema said, ‘My husband, Humayun Kabir, was detained by the police from the Tejgaon area on Wednesday.
‘My husband is a driver of a rickshaw van, and our five-member family is maintained by his income. My husband was not involved with any political parties,’ she added.
Kawser Hossain who is a day labourer, was seen waiting in front of the CMM court custody since morning to see his school-going 14-year-old son, Amir Hossain, who was detained by police from the capital’s Adabar police station area on Wednesday.
Kawser said, ‘My son was not involved in any party, but police arrested him.’
Ruksana Aktar, a resident of the Mohammadpur area, said on the court premises premises that her nephew Md Hamid Hossain, 22, was arrested by the police in the Patuatuli area, near the Sadarghat launch terminal, on Wednesday.
‘Hamid is a student of a polytechnic college, and he came to Dhaka one-month ago for his three-month training course. But he was arrested when he went to Sadarghat to give some money to his friend who was going to Barishal,’ said Ruksana with tears in her eyes.
Another woman was seen crying at the CMM court gate.
When asked, she said, ‘My husband, Kafil Uddin, son of freedom fighter Haris Uddin, was arrested by police in the capital’s Mirpur-11 area.
She said that her husband used to work as a security guard, but police detained him.
‘My husband was not involved in any acts of vandalism,’ she said.
Relatives of many other people were also seen crowding the CMM court premises as police arrested several thousand people in the past few days in the capital.
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