The cases were filed with Khan Jahan Ali police station on Monday, following a court order earlier this year, police confirmed.
According to the Officer-in-Charge of Khan Jahan Ali police station Kabir Hossain, Kuet student Lutfur Rahman was assaulted on the night of May 1, 2017, inside the guest room of Lalon Shah Hall, suffering severe injuries, including kidney damage.
Another student, Mahdi Hasan, was attacked the same night, leaving one of his eyes seriously injured, the OC said.
The court order to file the cases came on February 16, after the victims had submitted appeals.
In Lutfur Rahman’s case, the accused include former Kuet vice-chancellor Prof Dr Mohammad Alamgir Hossain, former pro-vice chancellor Dr Sobhan Mia, former registrar GM Shahidul Islam, and several former Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Kuet unit leaders — ex-president Safayet Hossain Nayon and former general secretary Ali Imtiaz Sohan.
Other accused are BCL activists Md Asaduzzaman, Rudranil Singh Shuvo, Tanvir Rezwan Siddiq, Al Ishmam, Reshad Rahman, Tarikul Tilok, Parimal Kumar Roy, Ali Ibnul Sani, Tarik Ahmed Shrabon, and then-officer-in-charge of Daulatpur police station, SM Anwar Hossain.
Mahdi Hasan’s case lists a similar group of accused, including the former Kuet officials, BCL leaders, and several other activists from Bangabandhu Hall — Abir Swapnil, Tashrif Saleh Rahul, Faisal, Mosharur Alam Kaushik, Asaduzzaman Riyan and former Kuet BCL general secretary Sadman Nahiyan Sejan.
