Only survivor tells The Daily Star about the fateful night Al Amin, the lone survivor of Aminbazar mob beating early Monday, told yesterday how he saved his life and that plainclothes police just watched his friends get killed from a couple of yards away. Traumatised and with injuries all over his body, 17-year-old Al Amin ... Read more
student beaten to death
Govt asked to explain in action
The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to explain in ten days why it should not be directed to take punitive action against the persons responsible for lynching six students on suspicion of robbery on July 18 in Amin Bazaar. The government and the police were also asked to explain why their inaction and ... Read more
Birthday in tears
His sister bought two new T-shirts and was planning to order a cake for his 19th birthday. The family made all the preparations to give him a big surprise. But the home that was supposed to have a birthday party turned into a home of mourning yesterday. Tipu Sultan, one of the six students beaten ... Read more
Lone survivor gets bail in ‘robbery’ case
Al Amin, the lone survivor of the mob attack that left six students dead in Bardeshi village of Aminbazar early Monday, was sent to jail yesterday in connection with a robbery case and was later released on bail. Earlier on the day, police produced him before a court, showing him arrested in the case filed ... Read more
6 beaten to death
Villagers in Aminbazar, police claim them to be robbers; they found to be fun-loving students; families barricade roads Six students were killed after hundreds of villagers in Amin Bazar on the city’s outskirts swooped on them with sticks and sharp weapons early yesterday on the night of Shab-e-Barat. The reason behind the attack, which also ... Read more
Students they were
They all were students, “not robbers”. Shams Rahim Shamam, 17, an A-level student of Maple Leaf International School, was one of the six students who were beaten to death by a mob in Amin Bazar early yesterday. The other five victims are Ibrahim Khalil, 20, Towhidur Rahman Palash, 22, and Kamruzzaman