Admission halts again on' Bangladesh Chhatra League ('BCL) quota' demand
They assault 2 journalists; cop suspended for inaction
The authorities of Kushtia Government College were yesterday forced to stop the first year honours admission process once again as they turned down a demand of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) to enrol 200 students illegally.(The Daily Star)
The BCL men also severely beat up two journalists --Touhidi Hasan, district correspondent of Prothom Alo, and Sharif Biswas of satellite Desh TV--who went to the principal's room for collecting information on the outrageous demand for 'political quota.'
Campus sources said a group of BCL activists confined the principal of the college to his room around 11:30am and asked him to stop the admission process that resumed yesterday without meeting the BCL demand. BCL college unit president Enamul Bari Sumon and general secretary Abdullah Al-Mamun accompanied by some outsiders allegedly led the incident.
Seeing the journalists at the principal's room, BCL cadres got angry and caught them. The cadres then took them to a room of the college library and assaulted them by locking the door from outside.
On information, police rushed to the spot and rescued the journalists sometime later. They were undergoing treatment at Kushtia general hospital.Kushtia Sadar thana Sub-inspector Obaidul Quader was suspended for not taking immediate step to rescue the journalists. Police later arrested two BCL outsiders--Babu and Sohag--on charge of beating up the journalists.
On February 1, the college authorities were first forced to stop the process for the same reason. They resumed viva of the students on the merit lists yesterday for admission in 18 disciplines.
The BCL activists locked the entrances to the college to realise their demand on February 1. The Daily Star carried a story on the incident on February 2.
Preferring anonymity, a teacher of the college told The Daily Star that the BCL leaders had threatened the principal by saying "anything can happen if the admission process is not stopped without meeting the demand."
The BCL men also severely beat up two journalists --Touhidi Hasan, district correspondent of Prothom Alo, and Sharif Biswas of satellite Desh TV--who went to the principal's room for collecting information on the outrageous demand for 'political quota.'
Campus sources said a group of BCL activists confined the principal of the college to his room around 11:30am and asked him to stop the admission process that resumed yesterday without meeting the BCL demand. BCL college unit president Enamul Bari Sumon and general secretary Abdullah Al-Mamun accompanied by some outsiders allegedly led the incident.
Seeing the journalists at the principal's room, BCL cadres got angry and caught them. The cadres then took them to a room of the college library and assaulted them by locking the door from outside.
On information, police rushed to the spot and rescued the journalists sometime later. They were undergoing treatment at Kushtia general hospital.Kushtia Sadar thana Sub-inspector Obaidul Quader was suspended for not taking immediate step to rescue the journalists. Police later arrested two BCL outsiders--Babu and Sohag--on charge of beating up the journalists.
On February 1, the college authorities were first forced to stop the process for the same reason. They resumed viva of the students on the merit lists yesterday for admission in 18 disciplines.
The BCL activists locked the entrances to the college to realise their demand on February 1. The Daily Star carried a story on the incident on February 2.
Preferring anonymity, a teacher of the college told The Daily Star that the BCL leaders had threatened the principal by saying "anything can happen if the admission process is not stopped without meeting the demand."
Chhatra League (BCL) cadres snatch tender schedules for Tk 1.6cr
Some victims said all these things happened in presence of police who had turned a blind eye.
Bangladesh Chhatra League cadres snatched schedules for a tender worth Tk 1.6 crore from several printing press owners at National Nutrition Programme office in city's Dhanmondi area yesterday.
Several victims seeking anonymity said the ruling party cadres, identifying themselves as BCL leader of Dhanmondi thana unit, halted them in front of the NNP office gate, snatched tender schedules and took them to the second floor of the office at around 11:30am.
Yesterday was the last date for submitting tender schedules for printing different documents of NNP.A printing press owner of Arambagh area said two youths at the NNP gate halted his motorbike while two others snatched the tender schedule from his co-rider.They were taken to the second floor of the NNP building where around 20-25 were confined till 12:00noon.
When the deadline was over at 12:00noon, the snatchers returned the torn up tender schedules to the victims.Some victims said all these things happened in presence of police who had turned a blind eye.Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shah Alam of Dhanmondi Police Station said he and other policemen were present at NNP office but no untoward situations took place there.
Several victims seeking anonymity said the ruling party cadres, identifying themselves as BCL leader of Dhanmondi thana unit, halted them in front of the NNP office gate, snatched tender schedules and took them to the second floor of the office at around 11:30am.
Yesterday was the last date for submitting tender schedules for printing different documents of NNP.A printing press owner of Arambagh area said two youths at the NNP gate halted his motorbike while two others snatched the tender schedule from his co-rider.They were taken to the second floor of the NNP building where around 20-25 were confined till 12:00noon.
When the deadline was over at 12:00noon, the snatchers returned the torn up tender schedules to the victims.Some victims said all these things happened in presence of police who had turned a blind eye.Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shah Alam of Dhanmondi Police Station said he and other policemen were present at NNP office but no untoward situations took place there.
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