A case has been started over the vandalization of an ambulance during the recent clashes between Dhaka College students and shopkeepers at the capital’s New Market area.
The owner of the ambulance, Md Sujan filed the case with the New Market police station, OC SM Qayyum said on Tuesday.
Some 150- 200 unidentified people have been accused in the case, filed late on Saturday.
On April 19, an ambulance with a patient inside was vandalized near the New Market foot-overbridge around 11:45am.
On April 18, an argument between two food stores in New Market escalated when Chhatra League activists were called in by one side. The Chhatra League activists were beaten, went back to Dhaka College for reinforcements and attacked New Market around midnight.
Clashes between Dhaka College students and New Market shop owners and workers continued throughout the following day, injuring over 50 people.
Nahid, a delivery man for an Elephant Road computer accessories store, was attacked and injured amid the violence. A store worker named Morsalin was wounded on the head by a thrown brickbat. The two later died in hospital.
The families of the dead have filed murder cases. Police have filed two other cases over the clashes and use of explosives. The Detective Branch is investigating the murder cases, while police are investigating the remaining two.
