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Ex-BCL leader Badrul charged for attempted murder of Khadiza
A court has ordered trial for a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League for attempting to murder a college girl in Sylhet.
Published : 29 Nov 2016, 08:54 AM
Updated : 29 Nov 2016, 09:43 AM
Khadiza Begum Nargis was brutally hacked with a sharp weapon outside MC College, where she went to take her honours examination on Oct 3.
Badrul Alam, a former leader of the ruling Awami League’s student wing, was indicted at Sylhet’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Badrul was caught by locals just after he attacked Khadiza with a machete.
An accounting student at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Badrul was removed as vice-president of the university’s Chhatra League unit after the attack.
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