Bangladesh, Aug. 29 -- Dhaka University law professor Sheikh Hafizur Rahman Karzon, one of 16 people arrested under the Anti-Terrorism Act after a "mob attack" at the Dhaka Reporters Unity, has told a court that the allegations brought by the state are "false" and demanded justice.

Produced before a magistrate's court in Dhaka on Friday alongside former minister Abdul Latif Siddique and others, Prof Karzon stood in the dock and said they were "victims, not criminals".

He asked for their immediate release and sought Tk 50 million in compensation for what he described as harassment, saying that their constitutional rights had been violated.

"We were attacked by a mob and then arrested instead of those who carried out the assault," Prof K...