300 Shibir men sued
Police yesterday filed two cases against 300 Shibir leaders and activists of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) unit for attacking policemen and blasting crude bombs during Thursday's countrywide hartal enforced by Jamaat.
Jamaat-e-Islami called two 24-hour hartals for Thursday and Sunday, demanding release of its leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee who was convicted by the Supreme Court on Wednesday of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War and was sentenced to imprisonment until death.
Masudur Rahman, sub-inspector of Motihar Police Station, filed the cases, one under the explosives act and the other for attacking policemen, against the 300 Islami Chhatra Shibir men, 60 of them by name, early yesterday, Alamgir Hossain, officer-in-charge of the police station, told The Daily Star yesterday.
President of Ruet unit Shibir Hasan Ahmed and its general secretary Ahmed Yasir are the main accused in these cases.
The 11 Shibir men, who were arrested on Thursday from Ruet for creating anarchy on the campus during hartal hours, had been shown arrested in the cases, police said.
Following clashes between law enforcers and Shibir men on the campus, the university authorities held an emergency academic council meeting on Thursday night and decided to close the university indefinitely from today.
Students of five dormitories left their halls within 10:00am yesterday. Additional police have been deployed on the campus to avert further untoward situation.
On Thursday morning, police detianed general secretary of Ruet unit Shibir, the student body of Jamaat, and its organising secretary when the Shibir activists were trying to thwart a seminar on the campus. They also raided Selim Hall and arrested nine Shibir men.
Chhatra League activists stabbed a Shibir activist and beat up two others over establishing supremacy at Selim Hall around 2:00pm.
After the incidents, over 300 armed Shibir activists went to Selim Hall to attack the BCL men around 5:00pm and exploded 10-12 crude bombs there. This led to clashes between the Shibir men and police, leaving 12 Shibir activists injured.
In another incident, Sub-inspector Wahidur Rahman of Motihar Police Station lodged two cases against 281 Jamaat-Shibir men, including 31 named, early yesterday in connection with violence at Kazla in Rajshahi city during hartal hours.
Ashraful Alam Emon, president of Rajshahi University unit Shibir, had been made the prime accused in the cases, police said.
Meanwhile, presidents of RU and Ruet units Shibir condemned the Ruet unit BCL men for vandalising Shibir activists' rooms and attacking their men, in a press release, yesterday.
They also demanded punishment to the Ruet unit BCL leaders and activists who were responsible for the attack.
However, the Ruet unit BCL denied the allegations.
It also claimed Shibir men attacked the BCL men.
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