A Dhaka court has denied bail to quota reformist leader Faruk Hasan.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Kaisarul Islam after a hearing passed the verdict on Sunday.
Earlier, the investigation officer filed a petition to keep Faruq and two others in jail till the probe is over.
Later, the magistrate sent them to jail.
Court official Mahmudur Rahman told this to Bangla Tribune.
On Jul 3, Faruk, a joint convener of the Council for the Preservation of General Students’ Rights, and two other leaders of the platform were sent to jail on charges of violence on the Dhaka University campus and attacking the vice-chancellor’s residence.
The trio was allegedly attacked by BCL activist while demonstrating at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka.
Faruk and the two others, Tarikul Islam and Jasim Uddin have been formally arrested in the police cases over violence on the campus in April.
According to case statement, the trio along with more a thousand students broke into the residence of Dhaka University Vice Chancellor in the wee hours of Apr 2.
Armed with iron rods, hokey stick, bamboos, they torched several motorcycles near the residence as well ransacked the house.
The Shahbag police started a case the next day over the incident.
Students and job seekers have been protesting for several months, calling for reforms to the quota system for public sector jobs since April this year.
In a wake of their movement, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Jun 28, said that a panel headed by the cabinet secretary would be formed.
One month later, the government has formed a seven-member committee led by the cabinet secretary over reforms to quotas in civil service Jul 2.
The committee has been told to file its report within 15 working days.
According to the existing system, 56 percent posts in public service are reserved for different quotas, including 30 percent for children of freedom fighters, 10 percent each for women and particular districts, 5 percent for small ethnic groups, and 1 percent for people with disabilities.