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27 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

RU Correspondent

Police continued their drive in Rajshahi yesterday and arrested one more activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS). The Shibir activist, Saidur Rahman alias Saidur, was arrested during raids on Shibir-controlled student messes near Rajshahi University campus. Saidur, a student of RU, was arrested in connection with two cases filed by police with Motiher Police Station following Saturday's violence in Binodpur area near the campus. In the cases, the law enforcers accused 84 Shibir men of attacking police camp, exploding bombs and hurling stones and bricks at them (police) during the violence. Of the accused, police have so far arrested 32, raiding student messes near RU campus and Shibir strongholds in the city.