The Police have filed four separate cases
accusing 18 activists of Islami
Chhatra Shibir (ICS) in connection
with their alleged involvement
in May 30's hartal violence
in Chittagong city, reports
The Daily Star . All
the accused were arrested
from different areas in the
port city on the hartal day.
Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), the
parent party of ICS observed
a half day hartal in the port
city on May 30 in protest
of sending Jamaat lawmaker
ANM Shamsul Islam to jail
in an arson case.
Meanwhile, the International Crimes Tribunal
(ICT)-1 on May 31 rejected
a bail petition for attending
the ongoing parliament session
submitted by the counsels
of Bangladesh Nationalist
Party (BNP) Member of Parliament
(MP) Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
who is facing charges of war
crimes against humanity during
the Liberation War, reports
The Independent reports. | 
