M Humayun Kabir: Quota reform leader Lutfur Nahar Luma, who was picked up from Sirajganj in a pre-dawn raid on Wednesday, will be produced before a Dhaka court seeking five-day remand.
Md Najmul Islam,
additional deputy commissioner of the cyber-crime monitoring team of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told The Daily Star that police wants to take Luma in remand over spreading rumour on social media and instigating violence during the recent student protests.
Luma, the Eden College student, was arrested for her involvement in instigating violence during the student protest, not for having any connection with the quota reform movement, he said.
A case was filed against Luma under ICT Act with Ramna Police Station, he added.
According to Dhaka Metropolitan Police, a total of 51 cases have, so far, been filed in capital Dhaka and 97 people arrested in a massive crackdown since the student protests in Dhaka demanding safe roads.
Protests flared across Bangladesh on July 29, when two college students were run over in Dhaka – becoming victims of the unruly transportation sector of the capital.
Since then, Bangladesh government has been engaged in a countrywide crackdown.
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