Dhaka, May 15 -- BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi suspects the killing of Shahriar Alam Shammo, a student leader from Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal's Dhaka University chapter, is "politically motivated".

Speaking at a human chain outside the National Press Club on Thursday, he said: "Shammo held an editorial post in Chhatra Dal's Sir AF Rahman Hall unit. What was the reason? What wrongdoing did he commit?

"Police have arrested three vagabonds."

Rizvi added, "But I believe there's a political reason behind it. Without such a motive-who would kill him? With his handsome face, his name being Shammo-why would street drifters target him?"

The protest was organised by the Uttranchal Chhatra Forum to demand justice for Shamm...