Ex-DUCSU VP Nur sent to jail in Setu Bhaban vandalizing case

A Dhaka court has sent former vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Nurul Haque Nur to jail in a case lodged over vandalizing and setting fire to Setu Bhaban in the capital’s Banani area on July 18.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shakil Ahammed passed the order on Friday as police produced Nur before the court after the end of his five-day remand in the case and pleaded to keep him behind bars till the end of the probe.

The court on July 21 placed Nur, also member-secretary of Gano Adhikar Parishad, on a five-day remand.

A mob of 250/300 people on July 18 stormed into the premises of Setu Bhaban, vandalized many vehicles, and motorbikes, ransacked different sheds and rooms, and later set those on fire. They attacked and beat many employees black and blue.