Arrest RU teacher’s killers: President
President Abdul Hamid today called for immediate arrest and exemplary punishment to the killers of Rajshahi University teacher AKM Shafiul Islam.
“Along with the whole nation, I have been saddened by the incident,” Hamid said while addressing the 4th convocation of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) on the campus, reports our RU correspondent.
Expressing deep concern over the killing of the sociology professor, he prayed for the slain teacher and conveyed his sympathy to his bereaved family.
Prof Shafiul, 48, was hacked to death by unknown assailants near his house in Choddopai area on the outskirts of the city on Saturday.
Hours after the killing a group calling itself Ansar Al Islam Bangladesh-2 claimed responsibility for the murder in a post on its Facebook page.
A day after the brutal murder of Prof Shafiul Islam, his son blamed radical forces for the killing.
Meanwhile, a secret group of radical Islamists with close links to Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Chhatra Shibir orchestrated the gruesome murder of the teacher, investigators told The Daily Star Monday.
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