Police on Monday submitted charge sheet against two leaders of the Chhatra Odhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad in cases filed over the alleged rape of a Dhaka University student, and under the Digital Security Act, reports UNB.
The students' organisation led the movement demanding abolish of quota system in government jobs.
Based on their investigation, the police have dropped four of the accused in the victim's complaint, including the leader of quota movement and former VP of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) Nurul Haque Nur.
Police found no proof of Nur's involvement in the alleged incident.
Detective branch inspector Md Wahiduzzaman, the investigative officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet with the chief metropolitan magistrate's court in Dhaka.
Police have charged Najmul Hasan Shohag, joint convener of the organisation, with rape; and Hasan Al Mamun, a former convener of the organisation, under DSA.
Joint convener of the organisation Md Saiful Islam, vice-president of the organisation Md Najmul Huda and DU student Abdullah-Hil-Baki were also exempted.
On 21 September, 2020, a female student filed a case with city's Kotwali police station accusing VP Nur and five others of rape and abetting rape.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff had a good friendship with Mamun but at some point he started hinting his interest in an intimate relationship.
On 3 January, 2020, Mamun had allegedly raped the plaintiff in his residence in Lalbagh after luring her with promises of marriage.
Later Najmul Hasan Shohag allegedly raped her on 9 February the same year, in a Chandpur-bound launch after promising to take her to meet Mamun, who went into hiding over the rape charges.