Students Against Discrimination, on Sunday afternoon, suspended all its committees across the country except the central committee following the alleged involvement of some leaders of the platform in extortion.
Accepting responsibility as a platform, the SAD president Rifat Rashid made the announcement at a press conference held at Shahbagh in the capital.
According to the platform鈥檚 decision, activities of all the committees except the central committee have been officially suspended, announced Rifat.
Earlier on Saturday night, SAD permanently expelled its Dhaka North city unit convener, Md Ibrahim Hossain Munna, members Md Sadkaun Siam and Sadman Sadab for their involvement in extortion.
The police arrested five people from the house of former Awami League lawmaker Shammi Ahmed, also the Awami League central executive committee international affairs secretary, at about 7:30pm on Saturday as they demanded extortion money after taking Tk 10 lakh previously, said Gulshan police station officer-in-charge Md Hafizur Rahman.
Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad also expelled Abdur Razzaque Bin Solaiman Riyad permanently for his alleged involvement in that extortion.
SAD spearheaded the July uprising to oust the Awami League regime on August 5.
Most of the central leaders of SAD, including Nahid Islam, Sarjis Alam, Hasnat Abdullah and Abdul Hannan Masud left the platform and formed the National Citizen Party on February 28.
SAD held its first central council, and new leaders were elected on June 25.
