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Road safety protests: Nine more university students released from jail
Nine more university students arrested on charges of violence during protests for safe roads in Dhaka have been released from jail ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Published : 20 August 2018, 08:00 AM
Updated : 20 August 2018, 08:00 AM
They were released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Monday, said Senior Jailor Iqbal Kabir Chowdhury.
Of the 41 students who received bail from Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Sunday, 18 students, including nine on Monday, have so far been freed from prison, according to Chowdhury.
Another four students arrested during the protests were in jail, he said adding that if they got bail documents, they would also be released.
On Aug 5-6, police swung into action in some parts of Dhaka during the protests calling for road safety, and beat student protesters.
They arrested 81 people in 43 cases over alleged attacks on police and vandalism of properties during the protests. Forty-one of them received bail from the Dhaka court on Sunday. Nine of them were released that day.
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