Ex-SAD leader Riad on two-day remand in attempted murder case

A Dhaka court on Thursday granted a two-day remand for former leader of Students Against Discrimination (SAD) and Presidency University student Abdur Razzak Bin Solaiman Riad in a case of attempted murder.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sefatullah passed the order after a hearing.

Earlier, on 1 March, the investigation officer of the case, Sub-Inspector Arman Ali of Gulshan Police Station, pleaded for a five-day remand for the accused.

Meanwhile, the court sent three other accused in the case—Presidency University students Riadul Hawlader, Alif Ahmed Ashik and Sayem Shikder—to jail, rejecting both their bail and remand pleas.

Earlier, on 26 February, police arrested them in the case filed by Presidency University student Nirjon Sardar Bandhan, who lodged the attempted murder case against Riad and 10 others.

According to the case statement, there was prior enmity between the accused and the victim, Nirjon, and his friends.

On 26 February, the accused individuals asked the victim to visit their permanent campus and participate in the convocation when they met in Room 412 on the fourth floor of Presidency University.

The accused—Riadul and Sayem—attacked the victim with a chair under the orders of another accused, Razzak, while the victim was consulting with the university proctor.

The case also alleged that the accused, Riad, struck the victim in the face with a switchblade knife with the intent to kill and beat him indiscriminately, causing various injuries across his body.

Earlier, on 26 July last year, Riad had been arrested in Gulshan over an extortion case involving former Member of Parliament Shammi Ahmed’s residence.