The police arrested five Mohila Awami League leaders on Thursday in connection with an attack on an anti-discrimination student protest during the student-mass uprising in Dhaka鈥檚 Pallabi area.
Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed the information.
The arrested are Babli Begum, 43, a leader of Pallabi Thana Ward-6 unit of Mohila Awami League, Sabina Yasmin Juthi, 38, general secretary, Rita Akhter, 40, organisational secretary, Nazma Akhter Sathi, 30, vice-president and Khadija Begum, 34, assistant organisational secretary of the same unit.
According to Pallabi police, the arrested attacked an an anti-discrimination student possession on August 4, near Mirpur-10鈥檚 Popular-2 Diagnostic Centre.
Victim Md Abid, joining a protest demanding the government鈥檚 resignation, was severely injured when Awami League activists attacked the demonstrators using firearms and other weapons.
Abid was shot in his right eye and later treated at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital.
Following a complaint by Abid鈥檚 brother Zinnat Sayeedi, a case was filed on November 12.
Police used CCTV footage to identify and arrest the suspects, and sent them to court.
