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arrested and confessing under Section 164.

However, they expressed concern over the stagnation in the judicial process.

“We demand that all perpetrators be brought to justice, the charge sheet submitted, and the trial concluded without further delay,” they said.

The statement was signed by writer and language movement veteran Ahmed Rafique, Dhaka University Emeritus Professor Serajul Islam Choudhury, Professor Jatin Sarker, rights activist Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, Professor Syed Manzoorul Islam, lawyer Dr Shahdeen Malik, economist Professor Anu Muhammad, Dr Salimullah Khan, photographer Shahidul Alam, writer and women’s leader Maleka Begum, rights activist Khushi Kabir, journalist Sohrab Hassan, cultural activist Kafil Ahmed, DU International Relations Professor Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan, and lawyer and rights activist Jyotirmoy Barua.