Police constable arrested over killing of college student during student protest in Gazipur

A police constable from the Gazipur Industrial Police has been arrested for allegedly capturing and killing Hridoy, 20, a college student, one day of the Anti-Discrimination Pupil Circulation near Konabari Police Order within the city on 5 August.

“On a tip-off, police conducted a raid and arrested the constable Akram Hossain, 22, from the Parail space of Kishoreganj on Friday evening [6 September],” Subir Kumar Saha, assistant commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police (Konabari Zone), suggested The Alternate Not unusual.

“The court docket sent him to jail on the present time [7 September]. Others pondering about the incident will furthermore be arrested,” the officer added.

In step with Konabari police sources, one day of the protests, Hridoy and others were chanting slogans in opposition to the Hasina-led authorities on the Kashimpur-Konabari aspect road of Gazipur on 5 August.

At the time, constable Akram allegedly picked up Hridoy from the roadside and shot him from on the lend a hand of, resulting in Hridoy’s loss of life on the grunt.

Later, Md Ibrahim, the victim’s cousin, filed a cancel case with Konabari Police Order.

Hriday, son of Lal Mia from Alamgir village in Tangail’s Gopalpur upazila, used to be a 11th grade student at Hemnagar Degree College and furthermore drove auto-rickshaw within the Konabari space.