Banner Advertiser

Thursday, April 8, 2010

[ALOCHONA] BCL Beats up RU proctor, provost, house tutors to 'protest' hall raid



Rajshahi University unit Chhatra League cadres on Wednesday night beat up its proctor and his two assistants, a hall provost and two house tutors while police raided Shaheed Samsuzzoha Hall.

BCL cadres also vandalised the proctor office and an office room and the guest room of the hall.

Resident students of the hall said police along with the help of hall authorities and the proctorial body raided the hall around 11.30 pm on Wednesday night to pick up illegal residents.

Hearing the news of raid, BCL workers led by its president Awal Kabir Joy rushed to the hall. Joy asked hall provost Dr Mortuza Khaled as to they conducted the raid without his permission.

At one stage, they drove Mortuza out of the hall by holding his neck and beat up him and his two house tutors in front of police, resident students said.

They said BCL cadres also beat up Proctor Prof Chowdhury Zakaria and his two assistants while they were trying to resist the attack.Later, they vandalised proctor office and the hall rooms.Provost Mortuza Khaled admitted the matter but Proctor Zakaria declined to say anything to the reporters. RU unit BCL president Awal Kabir denied the allegation.

Meanwhile, Provost Council, an association of provosts from sixteen halls, at a meeting yesterday announced their work abstention for Saturday and demanded punishment to the attackers.

Earlier, the provost council led by its president Prof Belayet Hossain and steering committee members of Progressive Teachers' Society separately met RU VC Abdus Sobhan and demanded immediate action against the BCL workers.
 
 
 


__._,_.___


[Disclaimer: ALOCHONA Management is not liable for information contained in this message. The author takes full responsibility.]
To unsubscribe/subscribe, send request to alochona-owner@egroups.com




Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___

[ALOCHONA] One killed, 10 hurt as AL men clash over tender



One killed, 10 hurt as AL men clash over tender
 
 
One person was killed and 10 others were injured in Awami League factional clashes over bidding in Panchagarh and Dinajpur yesterday.The clash over grabbing the tender for lease of ten ponds in Panchagarh Sadar upazila took place at noon.(The Independent)

Three of the badly injured- Faruq Hossain, Liton and Sujan- were rushed to Thakurgaon Modern Hospital. Faruq (20), a BCL activist, died on way.

Tension ran high as news of death of Faruq spread. Angry activists of the party attacked and ransacked the house of AL district leader Abu Toabur Rahman. They also blocked the Tetulia-Dhaka road for sometime.

Our Dinajpur Correspondent Writes: At least 10 persons were injured on Thursday two factions of the ruling Awami League supporters clash over the Tk 14cr tender of the Dinajpur Public Works Department which was scheduled for dropping on the day.

The tender had been postponed on February 9 last following chaos created by a faction backed by Mirza Asfaque APS of Advocate Mostafizur Rahman Fizar, state minister for land ministry, the leaders of the district AL alleged.

Sources said that a faction of the ruling party backed by Mirza Ashfaque, APS of state minister for land Md. Mostafizur Rahman, cordoned off entire PWD area and prevented the bidders, who came from across the country to drop their schedules from Thursday morning.

The injured were identified as Shamiul Islam, Rafiqul Islam, Towhid, Jashim, Chhutu, Jemi, Tutul, Jaman and Ananda Mohan. Hospital sources said that they had treatment at the Dinajpur Medical College Hospital. Later they fled to evade arrest.

The sources said that the Dinajpur Public Works Department invited tenders for renovating the Dinajpur Central Jail. The tenders were scheduled to be dropped today under four groups. The tender boxes were set up at the Dinajpur Public Works Department office. The dropping started at 9 am today. At least 117 schedules of the tender had been sold.

PWD official sources said that from morning the AL activists backed by Mirza Ashfaque, joint Secretary of the Dinajpur AL, and APS of state minister for land, took up position in front of the PWD office from the morning and prevented the bidders from dropping the tenders.

Later, as the general bidders tried to drop their schedules backed by another faction of the district AL, the Ashfaque group attacked the general bidders with lethal arms, including sharp weapons and wooden sticks leaving at least 10 persons injured, it was alleged.

Several chase and counter chases were held creating panic in the area. Later the police dispersed them and brought the situation under control.

Tension is prevailing in the district over the incident.

Md. Nazibar Rahman, Executive Engineer of Dinajpur PWD, said that eight schedules had been dropped.

http://www.theindependent-bd.com/details.php?nid=169080
 
 
 


__._,_.___


[Disclaimer: ALOCHONA Management is not liable for information contained in this message. The author takes full responsibility.]
To unsubscribe/subscribe, send request to alochona-owner@egroups.com




Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___

[ALOCHONA] Jubo League men loot money from Ghorashal municipality



Jubo League men loot money from Ghorashal municipality
 

NARSINGDI, Apr 7 (UNB): Associates of a Jubo League leader and contractor attacked the Ghorashal Municipality office, assaulted councillor and employees and looted Tk 30,000 Wednesday allegedly for delay in payment of bill.

Witnesses said a group of 15-16 Jubo League activists led by Hossain, an associate of Polash Upazila Jubo League secretary and also construction contractor Javed Hossain, raided the Municipality office at noon. They ransacked documents, broke furniture, assaulted the inmates and looted Tk 30,000 by breaking the steel-made almirah.

They also assaulted Woman Ward Councillor Suraiya Mofiz and three employees.

Informed sources said that in absence of elected mayor of the Municipality the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) was performing the responsibilities. Hence, there was delay in paying the bill of SJS Enterprise owned by Jubo League leader Javed Hossain.
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=97130&date=2010-04-08


__._,_.___


[Disclaimer: ALOCHONA Management is not liable for information contained in this message. The author takes full responsibility.]
To unsubscribe/subscribe, send request to alochona-owner@egroups.com




Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___