Abu Sayeed, the president of the Tanti League, has been arrested in connection with a student murder case.

Abu Sayeed, president of the Sutrapur Thana unit of Tanti League, was arrested in connection with the murder of student Nadimul Hasan Elem during the quota reform movement on July 19. A police team apprehended him during a raid in the Sutrapur area around 10:15pm yesterday, according to Jahangir Kabir, assistant commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. 

The police stated that Kismat Ara, the mother of the deceased student, filed the murder case on September 1. The case details revealed that leaders and activists of various Awami League-affiliated organisations attacked the protesters on July 19. During the attack, the assailants opened fire, and Elem, a student at Sheikh Borhanuddin Post Graduate College, was struck in the left eye. He was rushed to Mitford Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.