Sahara says campus situation under control
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Shibir kills BCL man Cuts tendons of 4 others in RU
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Shibir kills BCL man Cuts tendons of 4 others in RU
Islami Chhatra Shibir hacked to death a Rajshahi University unit Chhatra League activist and wounded 40 others, including policemen, early Tuesday, forcing the authorities to suspend classes for Thursday and to defer all examinations till February 17.
Twenty activists of the Awami League's associate body of students Chhatra League and four policemen were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in a critical condition after being injured in the attack by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's associate body of students Chhatra Shibir on the campus from Monday night till early Tuesday, the police and hospital sources said.
The university syndicate formed a five-member committee, led by botany teacher Golam Kabir, to investigate the incident.
The university syndicate formed a five-member committee, led by botany teacher Golam Kabir, to investigate the incident.
Chhatra League leaders said Shibir activists had cut the tendons of four BCL activists and stabbed 12 others. 'The Jamaat-e-Islami's associate body of students Chhatra Shibir has again started cutting of tendons which they started in 1993,' said a Chhatra League leader.
Tuesday's victim was Faruk Hossain, a master's student of mathematics and son of Fazlur Rahman of Khordaspuna in Jaipurhut. He was also resident of the Shah Makhdum Hall.
The police on Tuesday evening raided different city areas in Rajshahi and picked up more than 50 suspected Shibir activists, the sources said.
Chhatra League activists vandalised offices of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami at Charghat and Bagha in Rajshahi and set fire to the furniture in protest against the killing on the campus.
They also attacked the Islami Bank Medical College Hospital at Lakshmipur in the city. The Chhatra League also went out on demonstrations at Tanore and Baghmara.
Police deployment was reinforced from neighbouring districts to stave off further untoward incidents, officials said.
The police recovered Faruk's body from a manhole to the south of the Syed Amir Ali Hall about 7:30am. The body had a deep cut in the back, deputy police commissioner Nurul Amin told New Age.
The police, quoting witnesses, said armed Shibir activists had killed Faruk in the television room of the Shah Makhdum Hall some time at night and dragged the body into the manhole about 300 yards away.
The incident began with the Shibir activists beating up Chhatra League activists Asadur Rahman and Kawsar in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall about 8:30pm. The both were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
The university administration, led by the proctor, Chowdhury Mohammed Zakaria, along with law enforcers, raided the Mujibur Rahman hall and arrested 16 Shibir activists after the two BCL activists had been beaten up.
Activists of both the organisations started gathering in the residential halls and different points in and around the campus soon after the incident. A large number of policemen and Rapid Action Battalion personnel were deployed in residential halls and important points on the campus.
Witnesses said more than 300 Shibir activists armed up with firearms, sharp weapons, bombs, iron rods and hockey sticks entered the campus from neighbouring Budhpara and Maherchandi areas about 1.00am on Tuesday.
They held a brief meeting in front of the Syed Amir Ali Hall and vowed to take avenge the murder of Shibir leader Sharifuzzaman Nomani, who was killed on March 13, 2009 allegedly by Chhatra League activists, hall sources said.
Shibir activists captured Chhatra League activists Badsha of the Habibur Rahman Hall, Ruhul Amin and Johny of the Amir Ali Hall, and Firoz living in a private mess at Binodpur and cut the tendons their legs and hands.
Shibir activists then exploded crude bombs and fired into law enforcers and Chhatra League activists.
Shibir activists then split into groups, broke into all the residential halls for boys and vandalised the office rooms of hall provosts and rooms of Chhatra League activists.
They also burn the books and furniture in the rooms of Chhatra League activists in the Shaheed Suhrawardy Hall.
The law enforcers, who were also attacked by the Shibir activists, fell back and fired teargas shells but failed to stop the armed Shibir men. Gunshots had been traded till 3:00am.
Shibir men left the campus about 3:30am shouting Nara-e-Taqbir after which the police started searching the residential halls and, following blood stains, found the body of Faruk Hossain in the manhole.
The hall residents said Shibir activists had dragged Faruk's body with a large number of lawmen being present at the hall gate.
Some police personnel said they had left the hall gate as their officials had asked them to gather in front of the Shaheed Sohorawardy Hall when Shibir started firing into the law enforcers.
The inspector general of police, Noor Mohammad, reached Rajsahi by road and visited the injured in the hospital. He then said he was aware of the allegation about police inaction. 'We will investigate the matter and take action if anyone is found guilty.'
More than a half of the residential students have left the halls in the morning fearing further clashes although the university authorities had not asked them to vacate the halls.
The university unit Chhatra League leaders claimed three of their activists had been missing.
Jamaat-e-Islami amir Matiur Rahman Nizami came to Rajshahi on Sunday and the university unit Chhatra League president, Awal Kabir Joy, alleged Nizami had ordered Shibir activists to create such a situation on the campus.
Faruk's namaz-e-janazas were held in the Rajshahi University central mosque and at Saheb Bazar in the city in the afternoon after the post-mortem examination in the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital morgue.
The Rajshahi mayor, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, acting city unit Awami League general secretary Shafiqur Rahman Badsha, former university unit Chhatra League president Ibrahim Hossain Moon and former general secretary Ayen Uddin and other leaders and activists attended the namaz-e-janaza.
The Rajshahi mayor in a statement also blamed Matiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Muhammed Mujahid and Delwer Hossain Saydee for the killing and demanded their trail.
The mayor said they would encounter the incident politically. 'If needed, we will give sticks to our BCL men for action against Jamaat and Shibir.'
Furuk's body was sent to his parental village in a pickup for burial.
The Chhatra League brought out a procession in protest at the killing from the Rajshahi Medical College campus and paraded city roads.
The university authorities held an emergency syndicate meeting at 5:00pm and decided to suspended classes on Thursday. Wednesday is a holiday for educational institutions on the occasion of Akheri Chahar Shamba.
The syndicate also deferred all examinations till February 17, the proctor, Chowdhury Mohammed Zakaria, said.
Of the injured, Kawsar, Asad, Khokan, Firoz Mahmud, Nizam Uddin, Wasim, Golam Rabbani, Sayeed, Lutfor, Mashiur Rahman, Ruhul Amin, Munna, Shahidul Islam Jony, Rumi, Rashidul Islam, Shafiullah, Towfick, Sohan, Rahi and Badsha were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.The police on Tuesday also seized six live bombs from different areas on the campus.
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10 injured as Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL) groups clash at Dhaka College
About 10 students were injured in a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League, associate student body of ruling Awami League, on the Dhaka College campus yesterday.
Campus sources said that the activists of Tutul Group of the BCL college unit chased the rival Shihab group who resisted them on the college premises at about 11:30am resulting in the clash.
Both the groups chased each other and pelted brickbats during the half an hour long clash that left about 10 activists of both the factions injured.On receipt of the information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.The injured were taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
About 10 students were injured in a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League, associate student body of ruling Awami League, on the Dhaka College campus yesterday.
Campus sources said that the activists of Tutul Group of the BCL college unit chased the rival Shihab group who resisted them on the college premises at about 11:30am resulting in the clash.
Both the groups chased each other and pelted brickbats during the half an hour long clash that left about 10 activists of both the factions injured.On receipt of the information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.The injured were taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Three murdered in city
Assailants shot dead a BNP ward commissioner at Bangshal and a rice trader at Babubazar while criminals killed an elderly woman during a robbery at Purba Goran at Khilgaon in Dhaka on Tuesday.
The deceased were ward commissioner Haji Ahmed Hossain, also the Dhaka city unit (south) Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal president, rice trader Afil Uddin Miah, a resident of Gopinath Datta Road at Babubazar, and Rezia Begum, a resident of Goran. Afil was from Ailchara of in the Kushtia district headquarters.
The Bangshal police officer-in-charge, Abdul Mannan, told news agency bdnews24.com Ahmed Hossain was shot about 8.30pm and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
A physician at the hospital told the news agency the local BNP leader had died on his arrival but his family moved him to Square Hospitals where he had been put on life support for a short while.
Life support was taken off about 10pm, Juba Dal leader Qayyum Chowdhury told the news agency.
The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, also leader of the opposition in parliament, later at night visited Qayyum's family in Square Hospitals.
At Babubazar, a gang of three riding three motorcycles stopped Afil in front of his house in the area about 4:00pm, the police and local people said.
The criminals indiscriminately fired at the trader as he tried to stop the gang from taking away the bag that contained money.
The gangsters later managed to get away with the money. The amount of the looted money could not be immediately established, the police said.
The bullet-hit Afil was taken to the emergency ward at Mitford Hospital where physicians pronounced him dead about 4:30pm.
As the news of death spread, several hundred traders of the area took to the streets and had been out on demonstrations for hours after shutting down their shops. They brought out a procession carrying the body of the trader and demanded immediate arrest of the killers.
In protest against the killing, they announced a series of programmes, including strike for today.
A huge contingent of policemen and Rapid Action Battalion personnel reached the spot and controlled the situation. Deployment of law enforcers was reinforced in the Babubazar area to stave off further untoward incidents.
The situation in the area remained tensed as the traders were continuing with their demonstrations till 7:00pm.
At Khilgaon, a gang of robbers strangled Rezia when the group was committing a robbery in a flat at Goran.
Khilgaon police subinspector Lutfor Rahman Sharif told New Age they had arrested Julhas also known as Delwar at the area for his suspected involvement in the incident.
He said a gang of eight to 10 robbers had broken into the flat on the second floor of the three-storey building about 3:00am.
'The robbers first attacked Rezia and strangled her as she tried to resist them,' he said, quoting the members of the family.
The gang also looted 30 tolas of gold ornament, Tk 20,000 in cash and two mobiles after holding the family hostage at gunpoint, the subinspector said.
The police sent the body to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for a post-mortem examination.
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